How to Use stated in a Sentence

stated

adjective
  • That’s well above the Reserve Bank of India’s stated goal of 6%.
    Diego Lasarte, Quartz, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The check did not include a memo line with a stated purpose.
    Amy B Wang and Azi Paybarah, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Oct. 2022
  • For a long time, the strategy achieved its stated aims.
    Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2022
  • That may mean less hair to train, but would sort of defeat the whole stated purpose of hair training.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 12 Nov. 2023
  • When the clock issued caused the callback of a play in the KC/Cinc game, that is probably the stated rules for such a circumstance.
    Jenna Reyes, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Jan. 2023
  • No more than the stated number of prize(s) will be awarded, and all prize(s) listed above will be awarded.
    PCMAG, 18 Jan. 2022
  • The claims made by the rogue members contradicted the stated mission.
    Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 28 Apr. 2022
  • The stated mission: to advance peace, human rights and public health causes around the world.
    Bill Barrow, ajc, 1 Oct. 2022
  • The stated purpose of the occupiers was to encourage the armed forces to overthrow the government.
    Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The city board voted earlier this year to pursue a stated term of 20 years with two bond issuances.
    Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 31 July 2022
  • Experts have warned for years that highway travel will need to decrease for the US to meet its stated climate goals.
    Camille Squires, Quartz, 29 Oct. 2021
  • Three electric motors—two at the rear and one up front—supply a stated 1050 horsepower to all four wheels.
    Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 28 Feb. 2022
  • The stated goal, employees said, was to make it to separation of the rocket booster and the Starship craft.
    Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Biden has a stated goal of eliminating the housing supply gap in five years.
    Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 27 July 2022
  • The stated purpose of Beacon 23 is to keep spaceships safe by steering them away from dark matter.
    Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Nov. 2023
  • The stated goal was to use the algorithm to predict which girls from low-income areas would become pregnant in the next five years.
    Wired Ideas, Wired, 16 Feb. 2022
  • The delay made the timeline tight for SDSU’s stated goal of opening the new stadium in time for the 2022 season opener.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2022
  • This has been a stated goal of NATO since 2006, a standard currently met by less than one-third of members.
    Brett Owens, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022
  • While our experts — even the picky ones — loved the taste and hearty texture, the only downside is that one box better serves two to three people instead of the stated four.
    Amy Fischer Ms, Rd, Good Housekeeping, 18 Aug. 2022
  • The stated purpose of the camp was to celebrate diversity.
    Alex Montoya, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Reopening the border to mainland China, which has been closed for two years, is the stated goal of Hong Kong’s government.
    Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2022
  • Their stated goal: Remind the world of their grievances with the Cameroonian government.
    Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2022
  • But its stated goal was to lower crime in San Francisco—and that part is a different story.
    The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The stated goal of the aid, however, usually was to help households cope with inflation, Frankel said.
    Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2023
  • That is, in fact, the central demand of Ukraine’s government and the stated position of Mr. Zelensky.
    New York Times, 10 Feb. 2022
  • In the second case, the group alleges UNC refused to use workable race-neutral alternatives to achieve the stated goal of a diverse study body.
    Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 24 Jan. 2022
  • The deal aims to further Spotify’s stated goal of becoming the world’s No.1 audio platform.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2021
  • One was scheduled for last Monday, but Gloria at the last minute asked that the item be withdrawn for the stated purpose of giving the public more time to review the proposal.
    Michael Smolenscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2022
  • Verified mark indicates that the product does contain all of the ingredients on the label, in the stated amounts.
    Celia Shatzman, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Jan. 2023
  • And its stated goal is to decentralize the service so that neither Worldcoin nor anyone else controls the records.
    Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 25 July 2023

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