as in exaggeration
the representation of something in terms that go beyond the facts
a claim to worldwide fame is a bit of an overstatement on the part of that nightclub
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Noun
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But the idea that there will be some massive fire sale ahead of March 7 also would be an exaggeration, if for no other reason than the fact the team doesn’t have that many notable pending UFAs.—
Pierre LeBrun,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025 -
Public faith in public health officials has plummeted because of exaggerations and outright falsehoods.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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Trump tells his supporters that the left views them with contempt, and progressives don’t do enough to challenge that caricature.—
John Blake,
CNN,
19 Jan. 2025
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Amid this success, cards and custom prints from the shop — including T-shirts featuring a caricature of Hatch — have become bestsellers locally and online.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacramento Bee,
17 Jan. 2025
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Yankee fans long ago stopped buying into Boone’s hyperbole.—
Chris Kirschner,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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That rhetoric, some of which rises to the level of hyperbole, is not particularly helpful in focusing on the precise legal issues to be decided in the present case.—
Peter J Reilly,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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“Overstatement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overstatement. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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