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restatement
noun
re·state·ment
(ˌ)rē-ˈstāt-mənt
Synonyms
Examples of restatement in a Sentence
the press release provides no new details—it is merely a restatement of information we already have
Recent Examples on the Web
Every hesitation, every restatement, every embarrassed pause forced the audience to wait another second for the joke that was his reaction and not even a punchline.
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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 July 2024
But his inflammatory restatement, along with his denial of the Holocaust, provided an unwelcome clarity.
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Ali M. Ansari, Foreign Affairs, 29 May 2024
The company, which runs data centers around the world, also said an independent investigation led by its board found no accounting inconsistencies or errors that would require financial restatements.
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Stan Choe, Fortune, 9 May 2024
This, however, is just a restatement of the observation that the same set of historical episodes might, with equal plausibility, be described from one point of view as continuous and from another as a break.
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1803, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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Cite this Entry
“Restatement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/restatement. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
Kids Definition
restatement
noun
re·state·ment
-mənt
1
: something that is restated
2
: the act of restating
Legal Definition
Restatement
noun
Re·state·ment
ˌrē-ˈstāt-mənt
: any of several volumes produced by the American Law Institute and authored by legal scholars and experts that set forth statements of major areas of law (as contracts, torts, trusts, and property) and are widely referred to in jurisprudence but are not binding
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