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"overstate the situation" is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to mean that someone is exaggerating or making a situation appear worse than it is. For example, "He tends to overstate the situation, making it sound more dramatic than it actually is."
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But let's not overstate the situation.
That may overstate the situation, but notes of a European diplomat who was present suggest movement on everything from territory to Palestinian refugees.
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He titled them "Failure Drawings," but failure overstates the situation; "Pope.L lite" is more like it.
The chairman appears to have overstated the situation with these funds, which manage money for wealthy individuals and institutions.
Economists had forecast a 1.4percentt rise in new orders in January; even so, the actual decline struck some as overstating the situation.
But as Mr. Mukasey delivered the message to the House Judiciary Committee at a hearing, he found himself upbraided and criticized by members who said he was vastly overstating the situation.
"It isn't overstating the situation to say that the insurance industry is facing a potential perfect storm this year," Ward says in his keynote speech at the Insurance Day London Summit.
That much is true, but claims that Grab beat Uber out may be overstating the situation.
This is not overstating the situation.
(AIHW 2010, 152) For those with a family history of the disease or genetic susceptibility to it, asserting that diabetes is preventable for those willing to modify their lifestyle overstates the situation and the challenges faced in 'managing' the disease, while overlooking factors beyond individual control.
In a statement responding to Mr. Bush's speech, the Senate Democratic leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, accused the president of "overstating the security situation" in Iraq.
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