How to Use report in a Sentence

report

1 of 2 noun
  • She wrote a report of the meeting.
  • He gave a detailed report on the project.
  • She filled out a police report at the scene of the accident.
  • Police have received reports of gang activity in the neighborhood.
  • Unconfirmed reports state that over 100 people were hurt.
  • There was a report Aug. 4 of theft in the 100 block of West Main Street.
    Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The report does not indicate who the blood may have come from.
    Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 5 May 2023
  • The new report was not the first to detail how the state was falling short of its climate goals.
    Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2024
  • The contraband items were found in Paul’s travel bags, the report said.
    Doha Madani, NBC News, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The initial report was that there were multiple pit bull dogs at the scene.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 16 July 2023
  • According to recent reports, Nate Oats and co. could be in line to add a pair.
    Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 10 June 2023
  • The joint fundraising committee is not required to file its report until the end of the month.
    Rebecca Davis O’Brien, BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2023
  • The report says the driver failed to yield to Kinney of Hyde Park, who was walking in a marked crosswalk with a walk signal.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Christian's report says the bullet that wounded the trooper came from Paez Terán's gun.
    CBS News, 6 Oct. 2023
  • There were no reports of anyone else being hurt, the police chief said.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 10 June 2023
  • After the reports were completed, Grubbs reached out to Smock for an opinion.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The report offers a clearer view of the states and cities that surround the largest industrial discharges, the authors said.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2024
  • Once again, attention has turned to talks in Cairo amid reports that an agreement may be within reach.
    Claire Parker, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
  • The officers saw a man lying under the seats of a subway car, not moving and surrounded by blood, the report said.
    Hurubie Meko, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Well, there are also reports that that’s exactly what Iran would like to see happen.
    ABC News, 17 Dec. 2023
  • That was the case until a very specific national news report came on TV.
    Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2023
  • What will the next consumer price index report say about inflation?
    Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
  • The plans also denied payment for 18 percent of claims that met Medicare coverage and billing rules, the report said.
    Gretchen Morgenson, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2023
  • But the extent of the hazing did not come before a July 8 report by the Daily Northwestern, the school’s newspaper.
    Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The man was left with cuts to the face, back and other parts of his body, according to news reports and photos circulating online.
    Emma Colton, Fox News, 11 June 2023
  • Times staff writer Doug Smith contributed to this report.
    Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024
  • In a recent earnings report, Disney took a $1.5 billion tax write-down for the content removal.
    Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 June 2023
  • Police had been called to the car wash on Monday afternoon on a report of a potential shooting.
    Sean Cotter, BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2023
  • According to reports, 40% of American doctors will turn 65 or older in the next decade.
    Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 28 May 2023
  • Investors are broadly dumping stocks and bonds after the latest jobs report.
    WSJ, 6 Oct. 2023
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report

2 of 2 verb
  • He was asked to report the details of the meeting.
  • The murder was reported in the national news.
  • Their job is to report the news accurately and fairly.
  • The doctor reported some improvement in her condition.
  • Tomorrow the committee will report its findings on air pollution.
  • Several TV stations are reporting that the police are close to making an arrest.
  • Deadline was first to report news of the casting talks.
    Angelique Jackson, Variety, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The newer the vehicle, the more hassles and headaches reported by customers, the study showed.
    Detroit Free Press, 22 June 2023
  • The New York Times was first to report the whistleblower complaint.
    Gregory Wallace, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Macron made the plea in a 90-minute phone call Saturday, Reuters reported.
    Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 11 June 2023
  • More than 900 people from as far away as San Jose and San Ramon reported feeling the tremor.
    Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Around the horn The Orioles on Wednesday announced that pitchers and catchers will report for spring training Feb. 14, with the first workout the next day.
    Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Punchbowl News first reported on Daines sharing the poll.
    Sahil Kapur, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The settlement was reportedly filed and awaits a judge to sign off, TMZ reports.
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 7 Oct. 2023
  • The two were in Elyria waiting for surgery to repair Waylon’s heart defect, reports Fox 8.
    Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 17 Jan. 2024
  • By June 29, police called off the extensive search for the student, the station reported.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 17 July 2023
  • The French news media reported that Ms. Birkin had been found dead at her home but that the cause was not immediately known.
    Alex Traub, New York Times, 17 July 2023
  • Just hours after the lockdown, a teenage boy was fatally shot on Green Street, the news station reported.
    Greg Wehner, Fox News, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The high school wrestler was ordered to cut off his locs or forfeit a match, CNN previously reported.
    Chandelis Duster, CNN, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Electric car drivers, however, have reported on plugshare.com that cars are unable to charge at the Three Bears’ Healy store.
    Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Sep. 2023
  • As cases rise, some have argued for the government to remove the cost barrier to getting a Covid test, reports the Post.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Overall, our testing team reported no sticking with either the rice or the chicken.
    Tanya Edwards, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 June 2023
  • The fire was reported about 3:30 p.m. on the property just southwest of the intersection of Gerber and Bradshaw roads.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Parts of one highway and six freeways, among them the 5 and the 10, were closed after the temblor collapsed overpasses and buckled roadways, The Times reported.
    Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Wendy’s ancestor is one of the Strauses’ daughters, Minnie, the Times reported.
    Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 22 June 2023
  • Xiaomi got state approval in August to start making EVs, Reuters reported at the time.
    Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Roughly half of those, or 9,790 reversals, were reported last year.
    Rachel Uranga, Anchorage Daily News, 10 June 2023
  • Therefore, the correct conclusion is that the top 1% of taxpayers earned 46% of the taxable income reported.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Banging noises reported during the week have been dismissed by rescuers as other vessels in the area.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 23 June 2023
  • The team found that men who reported high alcohol intake were 22% more likely to develop heart disease compared with men whose intake was moderate.
    Lauryn Higgins, Health, 10 Apr. 2024

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