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The phrase "could hardly be overstated" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to emphasize the importance or significance of something, suggesting that it is so great that it cannot be exaggerated.
Example: "The impact of climate change on our planet could hardly be overstated; it affects every aspect of our lives."
Alternatives: "cannot be emphasized enough" or "is of utmost importance."
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Nothing gets the blood pumping more in football than a 92nd-minute winner and the significance of that moment, with its impact on Group B, could hardly be overstated.
The follies of Carrick and Scholes certainly arrested the sense that United's season had moved, after all the uncertainties in the early going, on to another plateau of confidence – though the impact of the absence of Wayne Rooney in his current form could hardly be overstated – and for City there was plainly an injection of self-belief.
For Bentham, the significance of this principle as a practical guide could hardly be overstated.
"The diaspora is an important currency of engagement and 'soft power' between Britain and Pakistan itself, whose importance to UK foreign policy could hardly be overstated, from trade and Afghan reconstruction to nuclear proliferation, radical Islam and great power rivalry in Asia".
Rogers (2013 1) argues that: "The diaspora is an important currency of engagement and 'soft power' between Britain and Pakistan itself, whose importance to UK foreign policy could hardly be overstated, from trade and Afghan reconstruction to nuclear proliferation, radical Islam and great power rivalry in Asia".
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The stakes can hardly be overstated.
Greece's dire economic condition can hardly be overstated.
The depths of Asbury Park's nadir can hardly be overstated.
The value of promoting innovation through antitrust law can hardly be overstated.
His wide and enduring impact, in Berkeley and far beyond, can hardly be overstated.
But the symbolic import of this week's vote can hardly be overstated.
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