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 In court statements in the Kuvshynovs' suit, Fox acknowledges the tragedy of the deaths of Kuvshynova and Zakrzewski. — David Folkenflik, NPR, 4 Oct. 2026 The lawyers for three of the men named in Doe’s lawsuit have since issued statements denying wrongdoing. — Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2026 Winn, Shupe and Rankin denied all the accusations in statements to The Sacramento Bee. — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026 In public statements, other universities have welcomed CMU to town. — Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026 Diamantis was convicted a year ago on 21 counts of bribery, extortion, and false statements to federal investigators in a corruption trial. — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026 Powell’s statements, along with Netanyahu’s and Blair’s, were later exposed as false, something Powell himself would admit years later, but the damage had already been done. — Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026 Pricing and Valuation calculations in particular can’t simply be rerun after the fact; if the feed supplying them lags or drops a field during a cutover, the ripple shows up in financial statements, not a support ticket. — Sanchet Pachpute, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026 The apology was met with a lukewarm reaction from a public that had watched the rapper’s troubling antics and hateful statements for years. — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026

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Final accounting for 2025-26 revenue sharing is still to be completed, but big market clubs are on the hook for bigger bills after seven teams ducked under the luxury tax threshold ahead of the trade deadline.

— Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 9 Oct. 2026
More bills in the G-string, like winning, like a casino, chance but something deeper, more contrived.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026

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The nonprofit has championed South Asian voices in film, art and storytelling since 2002, giving a platform to work on subjects such as caste, gender and sexuality.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
The petition calls for a waiver that would allow political groups to use artificial or prerecorded voices in unsolicited wireless calls.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026

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To pay for this labor, inmates claim that individuals outside of prison are depositing thousands of dollars into the commissary accounts of those serving the rapper.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
By many accounts, Glass is a friendly, obliging collaborator, and his music—fruitfully self-effacing, rarely complex enough to saturate or overwhelm the listener’s attention—behaves the same way.

— Matthew Aucoin, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2026

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Many niche fragrance brands—also called indie fragrance brands—put a lot of care and artistry into their formulations and view perfume as a true art, which is reflected in their scents.

— Kara Nesvig, Allure, 28 Sep. 2026
But today’s formulations are more advanced, and gentle enough for even the most sensitive skin to use.

— Audrey Noble, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2026

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Commonly used to carry messages, pigeons became less useful to people after World War II as radio, telephone and other electronic communications became reliable.

— KYLE MELNICK THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
The controller was having trouble hearing the pilots and asked them to repeat their messages, including altitude, several times, according to the audio.

— Anselm Gibbs, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

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The new changes in the electoral law ease some requirements for candidates seeking office, eliminate the need for some financial documents and a mandatory medical certificate, and introduce electronic voter registration.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
But an owners representative claims that part of the problem was Erica and Peter dragging their feet on providing backup documents for their application package.

— Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of documents

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In 2025, the first chime of bells from a mountain pavilion at dawn, accompanied by a gentle morning greeting, creates a space where each collection is experienced independently and explores the versatile expressions of Songmont’s design language.

— Footwear News, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
Observance Dussehra takes on varied cultural expressions across India, shaped by regional rituals and performances.

— Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Oct. 2026

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