overstatements

plural of overstatement
as in exaggerations
the representation of something in terms that go beyond the facts a claim to worldwide fame is a bit of an overstatement on the part of that nightclub

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Noun
  • And like the previous two, including an Emmy Award-winning 2022 series about Milwaukee serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, the story of Ed Gein has a number of exaggerations and fabrications over its eight episodes.
    JR Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 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
  • Performers milled on the street with bobbing paper mache heads of Uncle Sam and other caricatures.
    Neda Ulaby, NPR, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The characters are bright, marionette-like caricatures whom the author constructs and moves ostentatiously in full view of the reader, revealing his artistic devices with a sense of absurd, mischievous humor.
    Nelly Klos September 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Overstatements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overstatements. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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