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  • plural of state.
  • present tense form of state (3rd person singular).
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states







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It does not provide a year-by-year estimate for later years but states that the money spent on defence "by the end of the decade will be 2.7% of GDP".

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026

The European Union will limit the amount of tariff-free steel its member states can import from Wednesday, part of officials’ efforts to protect the bloc’s steel industry from overcapacity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026

EU states must cease applying their own levies, a senior European official said.

From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026

About 30 states currently count these ballots, and by a 5–4 vote, the justices let them continue to do so.

From Slate • Jun. 29, 2026

Before the Civil War, five sitting presidents vacationed there, as did judges, lawyers, diplomats, slaveholders, and merchants—mostly from Southern states.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson



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