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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Even these shocking statistics understate the seriousness of the situation.
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I think you are understating the importance to young people of a stable home life.
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In the report, the incidence of violent crime is consistently understated.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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First, the agency may seek to expand a given government programme by systematically overstating the benefits or understating the costs.
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The risk for the purchaser is that the vendor may have understated the scope and extent of the creditors.
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The use of the official rate hugely understates exports and imports, and distorts year-on-year comparisons.
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These calculations understate the continuing expansion of sales through multiple retailers, as demonstrated by data from Taylor Nelson Sofres.
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They had done this by artificially understating the value of bonds on their books.
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To call it a bonanza is to understate the matter significantly.