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Definition of statednext

stated

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verb

past tense of state
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of stated
Adjective
The agreement also provides no stated process for enforcing the requirement. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026 With stated plans to invest $50 billion into its Boise campus, Micron easily qualifies. — Mark Dee august 2, Idaho Statesman, 2 Aug. 2026
Verb
Einbinder stated her reasons for attending the protest in a video shared to social media by Jewish Voice for Peace and the Sunrise Movement on Thursday. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2026 This is in line with Cregger’s stated vision for his Resident Evil. — Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stated
Adjective
  • Suburban developers swung hard in the opposite direction, designing large areas around specified activities.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
  • This is the specified percentage of a business’s daily credit card batches or other business receipts that is remitted to the funder until the amount specified in the agreement has been collected.
    — Nathan Mor, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Instead, Andrea struck up a surprising romance with Garrett (Riley Green), which was met with mixed reviews from said fans.
    — Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
  • The models specifically reproduced how said particles would interact with the expanding shell of material shrugged off by the supernova's dying progenitor star.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 May 2026
Verb
  • Some Utah Valley officials expressed reservations about holding the event in an outdoor space with tall buildings around, but ultimately allowed the event to proceed.
    — MICHAEL R. SISAK, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
  • In the same measure, Bigelow expressed concerns about how the process to select the next central president will unfold.
    — Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Bibb County Sheriff David Davis said at a press conference that local high school students congregated at the skate park at Carolyn Crayton Park late Saturday night after being told to leave the Airbnb where the party was supposed to be held.
    — Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 28 Sep. 2026
  • She had been told that Golden Collision was a good place to have work done.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • For much of this year, Bass and Raman voiced concern that the merger would trigger mass layoffs within the film and television industries.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Additionally, Ashley Johnson, who played Ellie’s mom in the Season 1 finale, voiced Ellie in the video games.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • In addition, only officers who have completed one of five specific agency training courses can conduct vehicle stops.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Each critic portrayed the historical monument as an object of reverence owing to age, with specific reference to the psycho-historical implications of restoration or, conversely, of neglect.
    — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • As cryptocurrencies code-conjure themselves into being and a performative utterance can fix the price of a stock if uttered emphatically enough, arrest data is used to forecast the stock valuation of private prisons.
    — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • That line was also uttered by Chiefs coach Andy Reid hours earlier during a Zoom call with reporters.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Rocket Lab was supposed to have a satellite on standby to go up and inspect True Anomaly’s spacecraft, ready to launch on short notice once military officials gave the order.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2026
  • Additionally, prosecutors allege Rincker gave Alvarez a 12-gauge pump action shotgun, Jamioles said.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2026

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“Stated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stated. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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