How to Use stated in a Sentence
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That’s well above the Reserve Bank of India’s stated goal of 6%.
— Diego Lasarte, Quartz, 28 Feb. 2023 -
The check did not include a memo line with a stated purpose.
— Amy B Wang and Azi Paybarah, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Oct. 2022 -
For a long time, the strategy achieved its stated aims.
— Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2022 -
That may mean less hair to train, but would sort of defeat the whole stated purpose of hair training.
— Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 12 Nov. 2023 -
When the clock issued caused the callback of a play in the KC/Cinc game, that is probably the stated rules for such a circumstance.
— Jenna Reyes, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Jan. 2023 -
As configured, the E14 did not even come close to its stated 10+ hour battery life.
— Jim Salter, Ars Technica, 20 Oct. 2020 -
No more than the stated number of prize(s) will be awarded, and all prize(s) listed above will be awarded.
— PCMAG, 18 Jan. 2022 -
The claims made by the rogue members contradicted the stated mission.
— Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 28 Apr. 2022 -
The stated mission: to advance peace, human rights and public health causes around the world.
— Bill Barrow, ajc, 1 Oct. 2022 -
But Chhabria said the harm in this case is directly related to the stated purpose of the product.
— Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024 -
For starters, Cardillo has put a stop to extra fees beyond the stated ticket price.
— Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 10 Sep. 2021 -
The stated purpose of the occupiers was to encourage the armed forces to overthrow the government.
— Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2023 -
Its stated goal is not to shut down racing but make things as safe as possible for the horses.
— John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2020 -
The city board voted earlier this year to pursue a stated term of 20 years with two bond issuances.
— Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 31 July 2022 -
Experts have warned for years that highway travel will need to decrease for the US to meet its stated climate goals.
— Camille Squires, Quartz, 29 Oct. 2021 -
His stated goal was to move the court toward a release-or-detain model of the sort seen in federal courts.
— Staff Report, NOLA.com, 4 Nov. 2020 -
Three electric motors—two at the rear and one up front—supply a stated 1050 horsepower to all four wheels.
— Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 28 Feb. 2022 -
The stated goal of the US involvement is not to liberate women repressed by the Taliban or to end that regime.
— Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 14 Apr. 2021 -
The stated goal, employees said, was to make it to separation of the rocket booster and the Starship craft.
— Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2023 -
Biden has a stated goal of eliminating the housing supply gap in five years.
— Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 27 July 2022 -
The stated purpose of Beacon 23 is to keep spaceships safe by steering them away from dark matter.
— Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Nov. 2023 -
His stated goal since taking power in 2011 was to improve the lives of most North Koreans.
— Joshua Berlinger and Paula Hancocks, CNN, 18 June 2021 -
The stated goal was to use the algorithm to predict which girls from low-income areas would become pregnant in the next five years.
— Wired Ideas, Wired, 16 Feb. 2022 -
The delay made the timeline tight for SDSU’s stated goal of opening the new stadium in time for the 2022 season opener.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2022 -
This has been a stated goal of NATO since 2006, a standard currently met by less than one-third of members.
— Brett Owens, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022 -
In her opinion, Starship’s stated mission could serve as that quest.
— Maddie Bender, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2021 -
While our experts — even the picky ones — loved the taste and hearty texture, the only downside is that one box better serves two to three people instead of the stated four.
— Amy Fischer Ms, Rd, Good Housekeeping, 18 Aug. 2022 -
His stated purpose is not failure, but to drive learning.
— Alison Escalante, Forbes, 4 May 2021 -
Retaking both areas is a stated goal of the Ukrainian government.
— Mick Ryan, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2022 -
The stated goal of opening TaleFlick – which provides writers with a chance to showcase their work to producers and studios – is to build a bridge between Saudi poems and Hollywood.
— Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 5 Aug. 2024
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