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state
noun as in condition or mode of being
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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
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noun as in dignity, grandeur
noun as in government, country
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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
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bring out, chime in, come out with, give blow-by-blow, give rundown, throw out
Example Sentences
The banking secrecy laws, now much diluted, were designed to shield an individual's personal finances from the prying eyes of the state.
These days, even the opponents of these bills have accepted the premise that the state faces a “housing shortage,” a term evoked at least 30 times in committee hearings and floor speeches this year.
Parents without legal status might face increased scrutiny, and states could be pressured to verify children’s citizenship before providing government benefits.
Judges in multiple district courts, including Maryland, Massachusetts and Washington state, had issued nationwide injunctions halting the order.
At least 36 people have died, including children, in a crush at a political rally in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, state officials say.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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