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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underemphasizes
understates
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While this research and most post-mortems point to integration as the cause, that diagnosis understates the problem.—
Sam Mugel,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026 -
That split between process and outcomes has left them 90 minutes from something the table understates.—
Sukhman Singh,
New York Times,
23 May 2026
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“Underemphasizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underemphasizes. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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