overstatement

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Recent Examples of overstatement If that sounds like an overstatement, then think about it this way. Matthew Scogin, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overstatement
Noun
  • But to say — as some Panthers fans are doing these days — that he should immediately be traded or is a complete draft bust is an over-exaggeration.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Despite the mess in her apartment, the man, like everyone else in her life, brushes off her fears as the exaggerations of an overactive imagination.
    Marya E. Gates, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The characters are turning into caricatures — especially Martin Short’s Oliver Putnam.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Easy isn’t a caricature, even if the people and events around him increasingly feel that way.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Advertisement The great hyperbole The Great Nicobar project is an illustration of great speculation and hyperbole —one with terrible ecological costs.
    M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
  • People love Guillermo del Toro, and that’s not hyperbole.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 1 Sep. 2025

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“Overstatement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overstatement. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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