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as in understating
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as in overplaying
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Along the way, commentators have scuttled important details, understating or overstating the movement's potential spoils and perils.—
Jerel Ezell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Aug. 2025 -
The lack of a clear definition affects trainings on campus (incoming students are required to complete Title IX prevention trainings), campus outreaches, and even understating which supportive measures are mandated to be utilized by counseling centers.—
Eric Wood,
Forbes,
23 Nov. 2024
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Kirk’s good at downplaying his interest in seeing La’an again.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
4 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, the Defense Secretary (Jared Harris) who has been downplaying this event is feeling the pressure, and carries the burden that his daughter (Kaitlyn Dever) is in Chicago.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
2 Sep. 2025
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With only a tiny tax-credit ESA program, Missouri has lagged behind other red states in enacting robust school-choice policies.—
Kerry McDonald,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Little wonder authoritarian states were spurred by the Arab Spring into enacting draconian internet controls.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Underplaying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underplaying. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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