- present participle of state.
stating
Americanverb
Etymology
Origin of stating
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She sent a Snapchat to Daniels stating "we going to get attacked or what?"
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
Warren Buffett has spent decades making essentially the same wager, stating numerous times that betting against America is a losing proposition.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 1, 2026
The same was done on the Weibo app, with a notice stating that "the user has been banned from following due to violating laws or the Weibo Community Convention".
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
The FDA previously sent Apothecary Pharma a warning letter in December stating that the company failed to properly label the drug at its outsourcing facility in North Carolina.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
Cleopatra convinced Octavian that she was sincere in stating that she wanted to live.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
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