RESTATEMENT Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

restatement

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(ˌ)rē-ˈstāt-mənt

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an instance of expressing something in different words the press release provides no new details—it is merely a restatement of information we already have

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Recent Examples of restatement His eventual answer, that no one should be using proprietary information gained from public service to buy and sell stocks, was a restatement of his existing position. — Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 19 May 2026 Much of what was contained in the Trust Act was simply a restatement of what was already existing law and prohibited already unconstitutional actions. — Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 15 Jan. 2026 These inconvenient complications suggest that recognizing a Palestinian state that does not actually exist, governed by people who are not currently in charge, is not a solution but rather a restatement of the problem. — Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2025 The history of financial reporting failures — from the savings and loan crisis through Enron and WorldCom and the restatement wave that followed the dot-com collapse — unfolded after periods of exactly this kind of bull-market inattention. — Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 21 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for restatement

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And here, the researchers simply purified the translation machinery and supplied it to the SpudCells.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026
This includes transcript and translation features, but as PCMAg’s evaluation notes, this is not free.

— Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

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