states

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

And I think to not give the same sort of tax incentives that other states are doing — look, if it takes place in Georgia, you should go to Georgia.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

It was a particularly rapid movement up the Iron Pipeline, the name for the trafficking channel from southern states with lax gun laws to northern states with stricter ones.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

Consequences of the conflict also spilled across the border into India, with thousands of people, many from Myanmar's Chin ethnic minority, taking refuge in India's north-eastern states of Mizoram and Manipur.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Some states have laws requiring salary ranges to be posted on job listings, but it’s hardly universal.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

Historian Elizabeth Dowling Taylor states, “Paul Jennings was one of the local African-American leaders who organized this scheme with Northern abolitionists.”

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis