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verb

past tense of state
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of stated
Adjective
Criminalization does not achieve its stated goal of protecting women. Sarah Lustbader, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025 The stated mission of licensing is to protect the public, but Allensworth finds that medical boards were almost completely incapable of stopping doctors and nurses from practicing bad medicine. Andrew Wimer, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Verb
When Newsweek reached out to Vito's Pizza for comment, an employee stated that the boss was unavailable. Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024 In an essay published in The Wall Street Journal, the two business leaders stated their desire to slash costs through executive orders rather than legislative action. Doug Criscitello, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for stated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stated
Adjective
  • In short, the FDIC’s Proposal is seeking to ensure that controls, policies, and compliance testing of said controls are equally robust for all parties involved in services that touch either nonbank fintech operators, or the digital asset ecosystem.
    Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
  • However, without developers making games to generate revenue for said publishers, this pathway will also fail in due course.
    Ollie Barder, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • In August 1979, a Florida sheriff’s deputy told authorities that his wife fatally shot herself at their home south of Tampa.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Sources told Fox 8 that bomb-making materials were found at the rental property.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Several original cast members are returning, including co-writer and co-director Chris Sanders, who created and voiced Stitch.
    Jordana Comiter, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
  • The 49-year-old voiced hope that, rather than being sold, the medals might find their way back to their rightful owner.
    Isaac Yee and Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 11 Sep. 2024
Verb
  • Here, the goal isn't to predict the future accurately because that is an erroneous ambition—as articulated by Nassim Taleb's Black Swan theory, which argues that the most impactful events are hardly ever predictable.
    Dr. Marcus Collins, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Mexican modernism defines the design ethos of the property, which is articulated through its use of natural and handmade elements, cactus gardens, earth tones, and open-air social spaces.
    Monica Mendal, Vogue, 26 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Well, that’s just not a common word uttered by the holidayers dressed in designer kaftans.
    Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Not a word of condemnation has been uttered by the Western mainstream media, none whatsoever.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Even Major League Baseball had a McDonald’s subplot this year, when Grimace became the lucky charm who (briefly) gave the Mets hope for a world championship and New Yorkers hope for a Subway Series (but then the Mets lost to the Dodgers in the playoffs, of course).
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The combination of her influence, teenage rebellion and the blueprints left by his favorite artists gave him a confidence that became foundational.
    Rembert Browne, Billboard, 11 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • An avowed foodie, Favreau learned some impressive knife skills for the role.
    Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Hezbollah’s military capabilities dwarf those of Hamas, which Israel has been battling for the past six months with the avowed goal of dismantling the movement.
    Shira Rubin, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2024
Verb
  • Staff from New Hampshire Public Radio talked to everyone, from roadtrippers to small business owners, state park workers, and local university students.
    Natalie Escobar, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
  • As part of his teaching, the court heard that Westwood talked to one teenager, who was raped, about a masturbation scene from Bridgerton.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024

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“Stated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stated. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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