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It is difficult to overstate how destructive the practice of dismembering ancient and medieval books is.

Maher, and certainly conservative critics, overstate the extent to which liberals fail to make common cause with such folks.

I could not possibly overstate the need for an urgent response.

Or, not to overstate the case, it would have been like getting too far from a bathroom for the males among us 50 years later.

It's impossible to overstate the extent of the disaster this represents for the Middle East as a region.

But he interrupted her ere she had gone far, "Mademoiselle de La Vauvraye," said he, "you overstate the matter."

I do not at all overstate the fact, when I say, that 50,000 slaves are annually landed in Cuba.

I noticed that he did not overstate anything, but spoke within bounds.

We cannot overstate our debt to the past, but the moment has the supreme claim.

I think I do not overstate the loss of the enemy in the last two weeks at 10,000 killed and wounded.

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On this page you'll find 65 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to overstate, such as: amplify, emphasize, heighten, inflate, magnify, and misrepresent.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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