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  • past participle of state.
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stated

[stay-tid] / ˈsteɪ tɪd /
ADJECTIVE
established
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST


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But Interior Minister Laurent Nunez stated that security forces "are not cracking down on young people" but rather "protecting" school and university students wishing to "peacefully voice their demands".

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

Cornell has stated that the Cornell University Police Department, rather than the Ithaca Police Department, had jurisdiction to investigate the case.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026

They don’t know her history or her life or why she was even at the party, beyond her stated desire to have some fun.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

Williams stated that the Federal Reserve faces no urgency to raise interest rates following its increase earlier this month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Descartes’ remarkable and novel claim, first stated in the Discourse on Method, was that animals are automata, that is, complex, self-moving machines.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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