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Buckingham Palace declined at the time to comment publicly on the Queen's remarks, but in private, officials were keen for reporters to broadcast every syllable uttered by the monarch.
Almost as soon as the word "recession" was uttered in 2008, we saw our sales drop enormously.
The speech was hastily rewritten in the Brighton conference centre in the early morning, meaning that Thatcher's most famous remark on the miners' strike – "the enemy within" – would be one that she never actually uttered in public.
A few degrees higher there are statements meant to be true when uttered but proven thereafter to be wholly unfounded: Nick Clegg's stance on raising tuition fees; David Cameron's "no ifs, no buts" pledge on cutting immigration.
He first uttered it in an address at Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry to describe his vision of a prosperous new north of England, which would be a "brother in arms" to the economically more successful south.
Downing Street claimed Labour had suffered a sense of humour failure and Cameron was merely using a catchphrase uttered by film director Michael Winner in an insurance advert.
When in 2001 two planes hit the twin towers in New York, the whole world remained glued to the TV screens for hours, eagerly gulping down every word uttered by the ground zero reporters.
But our justice infrastructure was set in stone before the words "victims' rights" were ever uttered , and long before they were given real meaning by legislation such as the Human Rights Act.
The data on wellbeing has been scrupulously collected by the Office for National Statistics and a report has been published twice each year, but about its findings the government has uttered barely a word.
10.39am: Chief Justice John Roberts uttered a line on Monday that's drawing attention from SCOTUS-watchers, as it could be perceived as him "tipping his hand" on the individual mandate: "The idea that the mandate is something separate from whether you want to call it a penalty or tax just doesn't seem to make much sense".
— Tom Davies (@tomdaviesE17) April 6, 2014 After five solid months of it, the phrase "Australia have completely outplayed England" is uttered for the last time for a while #worldT20 Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 11.55am BST11 55 Australia win the Women's World Twenty20!
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The primary grammatical function of "uttered" is as the past participle of the verb "utter". According to Ludwig, it describes the action of speaking or expressing something, often with a sense of formality or precision. The provided examples from Ludwig illustrate its use in various contexts, emphasizing the act of voicing or articulating a statement.
Expression frequency: Very common
