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- noun Plural form of
overstatement .
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Examples
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I make no excuses for dramatic overstatements which exist before or after this sentence.
Ben E. Kessler: A Crooked Mile Ben E. Kessler 2011
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The IRS is simply not equipped to ferret out income overstatements, only understatements.
The 1990's Bubble Economy, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Not knowing the thickness of ice sheets can lead to huge understatements — or overstatements — of how much ice really exists.
European Scientist Finally Ready to Launch Ice Measuring Satellite | Inhabitat 2010
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I make no excuses for dramatic overstatements which exist before or after this sentence.
Ben E. Kessler: A Crooked Mile Ben E. Kessler 2011
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The lawsuit alleged that UBS made false statements about 16 mortgage-backed securities that it sold to Fannie and Freddie from fall 2005 to summer 2007, including overstatements of borrowers' capacity to repay loans.
Big Banks Face Suits on Mortgage Bond Losses Nick Timiraos 2011
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Granted this may be overstatements, but not by much.
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By the time of the October statement, however, a further £88m of writedowns had been identified and a fuller description of the problem clarified that failures in financial reporting processes within Tui's UK operations – and not shortcomings among its trading partners – were to blame for past overstatements.
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The problem is that his misrepresentations, overstatements, whatever you want to call them, poison the atmosphere.
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Granted this may be overstatements, but not by much.
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The lawsuit alleges that UBS made false statements about 16 mortgage-backed securities sponsored by UBS and sold to Fannie and Freddie from fall 2005 through summer 2007, including overstatements of borrowers' capacity to repay loans.
UBS Is Sued for Mortgage Losses Alan Zibel 2011
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