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Unique new visitors and unique returning visitors don't add up

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First of all thanks for all the helpful information in your FAQ and the glossary!

Judging from the definitions (https://matomo.org/faq/general/faq_36/; https://matomo.org/faq/general/faq_21418/; https://glossary.matomo.org/#/metrics):

visits= new visits + returning visits
unique visitors = unique new visitors + unique returning visitors

where unique visitors are a subgroup of all the visits recorded.

I tried to validate whether my assumption regarding the relationship between the different kinds of visits is correct. We use Matomo 4.10.1 to collect user statistics from our website.

“new visits + returning visits” matches the number of visits recorded
BUT
“unique new visitors + unique returning visitors” is larger than the number of unique visitors recorded.

How come?

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