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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as in words

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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Noun

The veto came on the last day Newsom could sign or reject bills that passed this year.

— Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Homeowners shouldn’t get stuck with higher electricity bills while data centers get tax breaks.

— Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2026

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Some of the stories are just spoken matter-of-factly, while others are acted out with Jaku doing all the voices.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
In pieces commemorating the anniversary of the march, journalists have sometimes focused on the lack of women’s voices on the day.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026

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These words stayed with Kai Nesselrath, who was appointed design director of the house bearing her name in June and will show his first collection on the runway on Thursday.

— Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2026
These once taboo words — among others — have become part of our daily vocabulary and conversations, a sign of greater interest in, and knowledge of, women’s health.

— Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 1 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

Definition of messages

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The documents show details for only one part of Phoenix’s portfolio, and do not include assets in retirement accounts or stakes held in companies through mutual funds, corporate bonds and other securities, the accountants confirmed.

— Allegra Goodwin, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
Consider a bank using AI to read documents for small-business loans.

— David Pralong, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of documents

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The loan of the pandas was one of the few concrete outcomes to come out of the state visit, which saw expressions of goodwill between the leaders, but no fixes to any of the long-standing differences between the two countries.

— Huizhong Wu, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
This partnership is one of the clearest expressions of that so far.

— Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026

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