How to Use stated in a Sentence

stated

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  • That’s well above the Reserve Bank of India’s stated goal of 6%.
    — Diego Lasarte, Quartz, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The check did not include a memo line with a stated purpose.
    — Amy B Wang and Azi Paybarah, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Oct. 2022
  • For a long time, the strategy achieved its stated aims.
    — Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2022
  • That may mean less hair to train, but would sort of defeat the whole stated purpose of hair training.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 12 Nov. 2023
  • New Jersey made the move to largely mail-in elections in March with the stated goal of trying to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
    — Andrew Mark Miller, Washington Examiner, 7 Oct. 2020
  • When the clock issued caused the callback of a play in the KC/Cinc game, that is probably the stated rules for such a circumstance.
    — Jenna Reyes, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Jan. 2023
  • As configured, the E14 did not even come close to its stated 10+ hour battery life.
    — Jim Salter, Ars Technica, 20 Oct. 2020
  • No more than the stated number of prize(s) will be awarded, and all prize(s) listed above will be awarded.
    — PCMAG, 18 Jan. 2022
  • The claims made by the rogue members contradicted the stated mission.
    — Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 28 Apr. 2022
  • The stated mission: to advance peace, human rights and public health causes around the world.
    — Bill Barrow, ajc, 1 Oct. 2022
  • But Chhabria said the harm in this case is directly related to the stated purpose of the product.
    — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024
  • For starters, Cardillo has put a stop to extra fees beyond the stated ticket price.
    — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 10 Sep. 2021
  • The stated purpose of the occupiers was to encourage the armed forces to overthrow the government.
    — Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Its stated goal is not to shut down racing but make things as safe as possible for the horses.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2020
  • The city board voted earlier this year to pursue a stated term of 20 years with two bond issuances.
    — Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 31 July 2022
  • Experts have warned for years that highway travel will need to decrease for the US to meet its stated climate goals.
    — Camille Squires, Quartz, 29 Oct. 2021
  • His stated goal was to move the court toward a release-or-detain model of the sort seen in federal courts.
    — Staff Report, NOLA.com, 4 Nov. 2020
  • Three electric motors—two at the rear and one up front—supply a stated 1050 horsepower to all four wheels.
    — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 28 Feb. 2022
  • The stated goal of the US involvement is not to liberate women repressed by the Taliban or to end that regime.
    — Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 14 Apr. 2021
  • The stated goal, employees said, was to make it to separation of the rocket booster and the Starship craft.
    — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Biden has a stated goal of eliminating the housing supply gap in five years.
    — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 27 July 2022
  • The stated purpose of Beacon 23 is to keep spaceships safe by steering them away from dark matter.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Nov. 2023
  • His stated goal since taking power in 2011 was to improve the lives of most North Koreans.
    — Joshua Berlinger and Paula Hancocks, CNN, 18 June 2021
  • The stated goal was to use the algorithm to predict which girls from low-income areas would become pregnant in the next five years.
    — Wired Ideas, Wired, 16 Feb. 2022
  • The delay made the timeline tight for SDSU’s stated goal of opening the new stadium in time for the 2022 season opener.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2022
  • This has been a stated goal of NATO since 2006, a standard currently met by less than one-third of members.
    — Brett Owens, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022
  • In her opinion, Starship’s stated mission could serve as that quest.
    — Maddie Bender, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2021
  • While our experts — even the picky ones — loved the taste and hearty texture, the only downside is that one box better serves two to three people instead of the stated four.
    — Amy Fischer Ms, Rd, Good Housekeeping, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Retaking both areas is a stated goal of the Ukrainian government.
    — Mick Ryan, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2022
  • The stated goal of opening TaleFlick – which provides writers with a chance to showcase their work to producers and studios – is to build a bridge between Saudi poems and Hollywood.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 5 Aug. 2024

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