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 There's hours and hours and hours of quotes and statements about that. — ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026 In opening statements, the prosecution said recovering the gun was not necessary to getting a conviction, but the defense said its absence showed the prosecution’s case was weak. — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026 Jurors sided with prosecutors, finding Facebook made deceptive statements about protecting users’ data that affected New Mexico’s entire population of more than two million people. — Mikella Schuettler, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026 The need to be liked makes brands write polished statements aimed at everyone watching while the person actually affected waits. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026 The call-off of the shows is the latest hiccup to hit Sheeran’s tour, coming on the heels of the huge fallout over former opening act Macklemore’s statements in support of Palestine. — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2026 Age statements can also be useful, whether the bottle lists a specific number of years or is labeled bottled-in-bond. — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2026 President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the attack in separate statements and expressed sorrow over the deaths. — Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026 While Mayor Mamdani’s statements on Israel have drawn much attention, a prior mayor’s tenure offers a powerful paradigm for transcending controversy to pursue mutually beneficial partnerships. — Herbert Block, New York Daily News, 20 Sep. 2026

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As a council member, Von Wilpert authored bills to ban untraceable guns and launched housing grant initiatives for educators.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Electric bicycles were the focus of about nine bills introduced in the Legislature.

— Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 1 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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The state claimed the company favored certain accounts and allowed for violent or inaccurate content to proliferate.

— Mikella Schuettler, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026
Similarly, the spokesperson said OpenAI models used publicly available developer keys to read demographic and economic Census Bureau data, but that the company found no evidence of improper access to Census accounts.

— Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026

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Authorities sent emergency warning messages through cellphones, the government said.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
Conversations that matter cannot always be squeezed between routine updates or held while participants respond to messages and watch the clock.

— Angela Cusack, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

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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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