state
noun
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes.
had stated
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past perfectof state.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The inquiry heard how Calocane had stated he had been "hearing voices in his head" on numerous occasions to mental health professionals from 2020.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2026
Analysts at Citi said the result shouldn’t come as a massive surprise as management had stated in December that the company was striving to achieve the low-end of the range.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
Fellow sophoore offensive lineman PJ Wilkins shared Sanders’ post and agreed that what Kiffin had stated as the players’ sentiment “was not said from anyone.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2025
Embalo was originally elected in December 2019 for a five-year term and had stated that he would only serve once.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2025
Another time, in a misprint he hadn’t caught, Roberto’s article had stated that Senator Smathers had delivered an elegy, instead of a eulogy, of Trujillo before the joint members of the United States Congress.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
