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  • present tense form of state (3rd person singular).
  • plural of state.
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The world's top climate scientists will reconvene at the earliest opportunity, the panel's chair said on Monday, after member states failed to agree when to release its crucial new findings on global heating.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

As recently as 2013, both states had about the same population of 19.6 million.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

They may also shift into states that promote inflammation and interfere with normal brain function.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

The way states carry out capital punishment has changed in recent years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Of course there were massive accounting problems in calculating the different state debts, not the least of the difficulties being sloppy records kept by several southern states, with Virginia topping the list for administrative disarray.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis


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