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state
noun as in condition or mode of being
Strongest match
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accompaniment, attitude, capacity, category, chances, character, circumstance, circumstances, contingency, element, environment, essential, estate, event, eventuality, fix, footing, form, humor, imperative, juncture, limitation, mood, nature, occasion, occurrence, outlook, pass, phase, plight, position, posture, predicament, prerequisite, proviso, reputation, requirement, shape, situation, spirits, stand, standing, station, status, stipulation, time, welfare
Weak matches
noun as in dignity, grandeur
noun as in government, country
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Weak match
verb as in declare, assert
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affirm, articulate, describe, explain, expound, express, give, present, put, say, set forth, speak, specify, tell, voice
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air, asseverate, aver, deliver, elucidate, enounce, enumerate, enunciate, interpret, narrate, pitch, pronounce, propound, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report, spiel, utter, vent, ventilate
Weak matches
bring out, chime in, come out with, give blow-by-blow, give rundown, throw out
Example Sentences
But nearly everyone also harbored the idea, often stated, sometimes not, that their job was to listen to others only enough to convince others of the righteousness of their own cause.
In the audio part of the experiment, the patients participated in a question-and-answer session and several activities focused on reading and describing pictures to capture their natural language and cognitive state.
The program has received donations from funeral homes in all 50 states.
It is possible that they did not become Florida fixtures until after Europeans colonized the future state, the research suggests.
It has led to recent attention from state and federal agencies looking to understand the causes, extent and potential solutions to the problem.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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