Thesaurus results for STATEMENTS

statements

noun

plural of statement

as in bills

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

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something that is said her statement was met with considerable skepticism

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Recent Examples of statements As her paintings are visionary statements providing mysterious insights into the inner life of an artist, so, too, is Lee Krasner a visionary and a revolutionary personality as a woman. — Barbara Rose, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2026 After months of last-minute cancellations and vague statements about Mike Love‘s health, the Beach Boys returned to the stage Saturday night at Cincinnati’s PNC Pavilion for their first public show since July. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2026 Trejo’s rep confirmed his statements but had no further comment. — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026 The messaging also seemed coordinated, with official statements followed by a flood of pledges of allegiance on social media. — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 10 Oct. 2026 Now, the former employees, as well as OpenAI, have issued additional statements to clarify their sides of the story. — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026 Each of the men has denied wrongdoing to investigators, in public statements, or through their lawyers. — ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026 Once the jury is seated, the trial of former Stoughton Police Officer Matthew Farwell will kick off with opening statements followed by testimony from Stoughton Detective Heather Cheever and then from a local elementary school official. — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026 The Fifth Amendment generally protects government employees from having statements that are compelled under threat of losing their jobs used against them in a criminal prosecution. — Matt Peterson,luke Fountain, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026

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Talarico has called for the expansion of LIHEAP to help low-income households afford their utility bills.

— Maydeen Merino, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026
Several residents say their water bills don't match their online accounts, and getting answers over the phone has been difficult.

— Erin Jones, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

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But because progress requires more voices, more perspectives, and a willingness to listen across differences.

— Halla Tómasdóttir, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
The blend, like how Serj and I sing together and how our personalities are so different, and our voices are so different, and our attitudes even are so different—AI would never in a million years guess that would work.

— Steve Appleford, SPIN, 15 Oct. 2026

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Arden wouldn’t disclose which ones would feature, but various accounts by fashion publications previously reported that Winehouse also wore Alien by Thierry Mugler, Vera Wang Princess, and Givenchy’s Hot Couture.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 10 Oct. 2026
Their research showed that Chinese import competition did lasting damage to American manufacturing communities, which did not adjust as smoothly as optimistic accounts of globalization predicted.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026

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The formulations still require testing for toxicity, purity and sterility; PMMA’s history of biomedical use does not establish the safety of the complete ink.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026
If drugstore brands follow prestige lines into oil-in-serum formulations, the two-step routine collapses into one.

— Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026

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Federal prosecutors and digital forensic experts have relied on a massive trove of electronic messages to build their case.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026
The Unlimited Plan includes unlimited messages per month, subject to a fair use policy, as well as priority customer support and priority access to new features and future models.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 10 Oct. 2026

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This collects about 8,000 original documents and other elements linked to the house’s perfume and beauty archives, totaling about 5 percent of its full collection.

— Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
The woman, identified in court documents as Jane Doe, sued the university; the fraternity, Chi Phi; her sorority, Tri Delta; and seven former Chi Phi members last month.

— Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2026

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Established in 2018, the Universal Composers Initiative was designed to find artists from both traditional and non-conventional professional backgrounds whose creative viewpoints translate into distinctive musical expressions.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
And yet, in both features, the Azerbaijan rising star Eldar Isgandarov does just that, walking off with some of the funniest bits, the most outrageous expressions, the most unforgettable line readings.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 12 Oct. 2026

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