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 Reputation risk asks what assumptions, statements or future behavior of that influencer could become attached to the company. — Sindhu Bhaskar, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026 Musk’s public profile and statements have driven major valuation boosts in companies like Tesla and SpaceX, but Gibney argues his claims are often out of sync with facts or evidence. — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026 In statements to other news outlets, including CT Insider and the New York Post, company representatives have not divulged the extent of layoffs or efforts to consolidate operations across its newsrooms. — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 8 Sep. 2026 At the time, when the photos circulated on Tuesday, April 7, both Vrabel, 51, and Russini, 43, immediately issued statements denying a personal relationship. — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2026 Nixon’s positions on Israel are clear from her own statements. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2026 Nachum describes Sapien as a financial and operational system that connects the numbers in a company’s financial statements with the underlying business. — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026 The letter from Blumenthal and an accompanying summary of the whistleblower’s statements says the Postal Service began work on the portal on June 15 and stopped on June 25 after Talwani’s initial order. — Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026 For long-time listeners to meetings of the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, which is distinctly independent from NASA and tasked with identifying safety issues, these were eye-opening statements. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026

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Noun

States United bills itself as a nonpartisan group dedicated to the rule of law and free, fair, secure elections.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
While some members of Congress from both the Democratic and Republican parties have advocated for bills to check the progress of AI, Trump on Monday raged against growing calls for AI regulation.

— Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026

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Past research has shown that dogs can distinguish between words, male and female voices, other barks and even different languages.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026
Wednesday’s presentations added more voices from inside UC leadership to a debate that so far has been led by math and science faculty pressing for the SAT’s return.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

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Readers might think that once all the words are on the page, the translation is basically done, and the translator only needs to go through it once or twice to make sure that everything reads well.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
People with brain damage can lose the ability to understand or speak words yet still do math, play chess and compose music.

— George Musser, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026

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The pair allegedly used phone applications to manufacture bank and investment accounts showing fake balances and participated in three-way calls to encourage women to put their own money into investments that prosecutors say did not exist.

— Joshua Hong, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
About a third of employers that make a contribution — 32% — contributed between $500 and $1,000 per worker to the accounts, while 29% paid $1,350 or more and 22% paid $500 or less, the PSCA found.

— Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026

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But, following the busy summer driving season, many refineries go into September and October planning to undergo maintenance, reduce their outputs, and switch to churning out winter-grade fuel formulations.

— Jordan Blum, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
The outlet reported that Coca-Cola and Pepsi differ somewhat in their formulations.

— Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026

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Takaichi’s government is working to revise security and defense strategy documents by the end of the year to bolster Japan’s offensive capabilities to deter threats from China, North Korea and Russia.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
The man, believed to be 20 to 40 years old and Hispanic, Asian or of mixed race, carried no personal documents, and fingerprints offered no clues.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026

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Day-to-day shifts on the frontlines in Ukraine and rhetorical expressions of domestic discontent are not among Putin’s major concerns.

— MICHAEL KIMMAGE, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026
In the new campaign, nods to the geometric symbol are recurrent and span from literal expressions as seen on a knitted sweater, to subtler ones, as hinted by a red pouch held by a talent.

— Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026

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