That overstatement is being cultivated to get more control of environmental and social issues. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Inhofe’s Grandchildren Build Igloo To Mock Killer Snow Storm: ‘Al Gore’s New Home’] Reference
Also good is the news that the SEC won’t be enforcing any action for the pesky circulation overstatement from a while back. From Wordnik.com. [Dallas Blog, Daily News, Dallas Politics, Opinion, and Commentary FrontBurner Blog D Magazine » Blog Archive » Belo Be Strong] Reference
You, of course, are free to define "overstatement" any way you wish. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
I did much more than respond to Jon's "overstatement". From Wordnik.com. [Triablogue] Reference
While that kind of overstatement was (and still is) often used in movie trailers, in the case of. From Wordnik.com. [All articles at Blogcritics] Reference
Maybe that's an understatement -- or overstatement. From Wordnik.com. [Ed Koch: The American : A Mayor Koch Review] Reference
In this game, there's no penalty for overstatement. From Wordnik.com. [You Can't Please Everyone] Reference
Do you think that's an overstatement or about right?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 12, 2007] Reference
Their most common fault is overstatement or patronizing. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Business Etiquette] Reference
And to say that it's an overstatement is an understatement. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 29, 2008] Reference
It would be more accurate to call it an absurd overstatement. From Wordnik.com. [Romney's Ridiculous Hyperbole] Reference
Is there a certain degree of journalistic overstatement there?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 16, 2002] Reference
Okay, "learned" might be an overstatement for that last lesson. From Wordnik.com. [Jilly Gagnon: When I Said "Everything I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten," I Meant it Literally] Reference
BROKAW: Legend is a big overstatement, folks, big overstatement. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Tom Brokaw Comments on Current Events and 'The Greatest Generation' - February 1, 2001] Reference
But from the outset, that was probably a bit of an overstatement. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 5, 2007] Reference
O'BRIEN: Yes, I think -- I think that isn't an overstatement, Judy. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 1, 2003] Reference
However, not shopping at all would be somewhat of an overstatement. From Wordnik.com. [A Consuming Life] Reference
This is an overstatement that applies only to Wall Street's quants. From Wordnik.com. [Get Briefed: Paul Volcker] Reference
In short, her theory involves a necessity of perpetual overstatement. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864] Reference
Is this a bit of an overstatement when it comes to homeland security?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 18, 2002] Reference
It has happened so many times that we know this is not an overstatement. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide] Reference
In politics, overstatement is often much more dangerous that understatement. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 5, 2009] Reference
By that time, the overstatement of danger had reached high levels at Justice. From Wordnik.com. ['Every Knee Shall Bow'] Reference
The town has has less than a thousand residents -- small is an overstatement. From Wordnik.com. [Ethan Murrow: The Rural Photographer Rises Again -- Forrest Holzapfel] Reference
DOBBS: ... in which there was an overstatement on the part of this government. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 3, 2007] Reference
The term apocalyptic does come to mind, and that really isn't an overstatement. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 16, 2005] Reference
So, I think that's a little bit of an overstatement of what those polls can tell us. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 17, 2007] Reference
It would be an overstatement to call this do-or-die time for Al Gore, but it is close. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Democratic National Convention: Revisiting the Kennedy Legacy - August 15, 2000] Reference
Which is, to be sure, an overstatement of the case, but one containing a germ of truth. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
The Chinese eat everything, that's probably an overstatement, but we do know this much. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 23, 2007] Reference
That headline turns out to be a bit of an overstatement, but it points to a major change. From Wordnik.com. [The Web Is A 'Shrinking Minority' Of Internet Traffic] Reference
And to say that this is a city stunned, a city on its knees, would not be an overstatement. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 30, 2005] Reference
Men like to indulge in bitter overstatement about the pitfalls of this uncharted territory. From Wordnik.com. [White Male Paranoia] Reference
GROSS: I think that probably is an overstatement of what is business as usual in Washington. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 7, 2006] Reference
But it's not an overstatement to say much of Hollywood fears he might know something they don't. From Wordnik.com. [Managing Hollywood] Reference
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