Sentence examples for state a term from inspiring English sources

Later, Maggie was found to be in the "minimally conscious state" — a term medically formalized in 2002.

Beyond this, it became a kind of shorthand for big government, a signifier that helped make the words "welfare state" a term of derision.

Ms. Graves suggested that the people who burned their feet "were out of state," a term that participants said meant having the proper mental attitude.

Perhaps the main reason for the country's success has been its rebirth as a "semi-sovereign state", a term coined by Peter Katzenstein, a political scientist at Cornell University.

Many of the most significant political shifts pointed to the reassertion of the "deep state," a term often used for the powerful branches of the Mubarak-era government that remained in place after he had been deposed.

Mr. Milloy echoed a talking point used by other critics of the report, calling it the product of the "deep state," a term that refers to the conspiratorial notion of a secret alliance of bureaucrats and others who oppose the president.

Its size is small: he calls it a micro-state and contrasts it to a macro-state, a term he prefers to territorial state.

Perhaps the most accurate, if rather technical, term is "affective states", a term that refers to emotions and other feelings that are experienced as pleasant or unpleasant rather than hedonically neutral.

"Identity," in its raw state, is a term of sameness; its root also gave us "identical" and "identification".

He was convicted of assault and sentenced to three years in state prison, a term that was eventually extended after Felton stabbed two inmates.

The state has a term limit for its legislature that restricts any one person to a total of twelve cumulative years service between both legislative branches.