statement

Definition of statementnext
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as in bill
a record of goods sold or services performed together with the costs due received a statement from the plumber in the mail

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as in voice
an act, process, or means of putting something into words a careful statement of the legal case before the court

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Recent Examples of statement The statement did not include a cause of death. Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 14 June 2026 The company’s statement landed after The Wall Street Journal reported that a coalition of state attorneys general opened an investigation into the artificial intelligence company. Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 13 June 2026 The statement also encouraged visitors to make travel arrangements and secure documentation well in advance of their trips. Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 13 June 2026 Bystanders pulled her from the water and commenced first aid on the beach before paramedics arrived, the statement said. ABC News, 13 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for statement
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Noun
  • The bill limits recipient eligibility, reduces benefits and services and shifts costs from the federal government onto states and local municipalities.
    Lizzie Kane June 14, Sacbee.com, 14 June 2026
  • Here is why a phrase buried in a Brussels document should matter to anyone who pays a gas bill or hedges a fuel contract.
    Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
Noun
  • Even their voices are switched with microchip implants.
    Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2026
  • The pain in her voice is clear a decade later.
    Ted Scouten, CBS News, 13 June 2026
Noun
  • Two sides of the building are clad in giant words, the letters 5 feet tall, drawn from his 2015 speech marking the 50th anniversary of the civil rights marches from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery.
    Susan Page, USA Today, 15 June 2026
  • The ambiguity of Chinese, the way meaning pools in the spaces between words, resists translation.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 June 2026
Noun
  • Just look at the initial whitewash of the Watergate scandal at Richard Nixon's library and the minimal account at Bill Clinton's library of his impeachment.
    Susan Page, USA Today, 15 June 2026
  • The differing accounts underscore a significant gap between how the US and Iran are describing the next steps in negotiations.
    Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 15 June 2026
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  • Citrus, bergamot, orange blossom and fruity accords show up again and again in formulations designed to elevate mood.
    Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 17 June 2026
  • In Susan Sontag’s classic formulation, camp is failed seriousness, while the tragicomic is a seriousness of failure.
    Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 14 June 2026
Noun
  • Those supporters were left unchallenged by stewards, despite FIFA winning a court hearing enabling them to lawfully prohibit people showing the lion-and-sun flags on the grounds of them carrying a political message and potentially causing disturbances.
    Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 16 June 2026
  • And this goes back to the fact that, over time, the message changes.
    Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 16 June 2026
Noun
  • Court documents say that the two victims were driving east on Highway 62 on the Interstate 35W interchange when Morgan approached from behind in an unmarked black Ford Expedition.
    Riley Moser, CBS News, 18 June 2026
  • According to court documents obtained by the Delaware News Journal, part of the USA TODAY Network, Wallace-Bey was denied bail during his June 17 preliminary arraignment in Philadelphia County municipal court.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 18 June 2026
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  • The top-scoring expression matures for an astounding six years in white American oak barrels.
    Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
  • Salaviza described the short form as a pure mode of expression in which authentic emotion is fundamental, while von Döhren – drawing on her parallel career as an illustrator – emphasized how effectively the format can convey feeling through storytelling.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 June 2026

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“Statement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/statement. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.

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