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Recent Examples of understatement
Her voice continues to echo in Norah Jones’s breathy understatement, Tracy Chapman’s acoustic urgency and the way Alicia Keys attaches grandeur to a single piano chord.
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New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
To say the special relationship is going through a rough patch ahead of King Charles III’s visit would be an exercise in British understatement.
—Ellen Milligan, Bloomberg, 26 Apr. 2026
To say both programs, but even more so both fan bases, want revenge against their former coach would be quite the understatement.
—Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2026
That might be an understatement.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
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New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
To say the special relationship is going through a rough patch ahead of King Charles III’s visit would be an exercise in British understatement.
—Ellen Milligan, Bloomberg, 26 Apr. 2026
To say both programs, but even more so both fan bases, want revenge against their former coach would be quite the understatement.
—Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2026
That might be an understatement.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for understatement
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According to the study, THC interferes with meiosis, the cell division process crucial for producing healthy eggs.—
Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE,
12 Sep. 2025
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In meiosis, a cell also divides into two halves, but these halves each have 23 chromosomes.—
Krissi Danielsson,
Parents,
30 July 2024
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The deputies had differing opinions on whether Adair had become compliant during the restraint.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
7 May 2026
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On their third album, Cost of Living Adjustment, Cola have embraced, if not maximalism, then at least letting go of restraint.—
David Glickman,
Pitchfork,
7 May 2026
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The contract contained a non-disparagement clause, and in law, the special thing about disparagement is that unlike defamation, the truth is not a defense against disparagement.—
Marlow Stern,
Variety,
28 Apr. 2026
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And the Times Magazine suggested the idea of discovering a similar past disparagement clause to the one that plagued HBO might dissuade any network from tackling a future Jackson project.—
Steve Knopper,
Rolling Stone,
22 Apr. 2026
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Last July, Wolfson found Barahona competent, ruling that Barahona was capable of aiding his defense attorneys and understands the severity of the penalties should he be found guilty.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
6 May 2026
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After suffering a left hamstring injury earlier this season, Doncic said the latest Grade 2 strain to the same area is unlike any he’s experienced because of its severity.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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Just a reminder that greatness and modesty can go hand in hand.—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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Democratic politics thrive when leaders and followers act with modesty and humility, when no one sees themselves as infallible or indispensable.—
Austin Sarat,
The Conversation,
30 Apr. 2026
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But the median voter isn’t exactly baying for moderation and compromise.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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Coffee, when consumed in moderation, typically does not significantly disrupt the body's fluid balance.—
Kristen Gasnick,
Verywell Health,
6 May 2026
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This was the most straightforward, efficient episode of the season, pleasurable in its simplicity, with only one gimmick (the to-go orders) that barely made a difference to the episode’s outcome.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2026
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That simplicity is an advantage that baseball has over hockey, where everything moves so much faster and the plays don’t happen in discrete chunks.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
24 Apr. 2026
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The through-line across all of it – the music, the acting, the international stages – is a pair of principles Lo articulates with plainness.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2026
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Maybe that’s because the interiors have a certain plainness — one that’s accurate to Georgian classicism but boring to Hollywood hotshots.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Understatement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/understatement. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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