in state

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Idioms and Phrases

With pomp and ceremony, as in The foreign leaders were dining in state at the White House . This expression, dating from the late 1600s, also appears in lie in state , said of a dead body ceremoniously exposed to public view before being interred. This latter usage, dating from about 1700, is generally confined to important public figures, as in His Majesty lay in state in the palace .

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One defendant is from Arizona and was already in state custody on an unrelated matter when she was charged.

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As of Wednesday, Woods was in state custody for an unrelated issue, and she is expected to make her initial appearance in federal court in the coming weeks.

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And many queued for hours earlier in the week to see Pope Francis lying in state in St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.

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DoorDash, which has two-thirds of the U.S. food delivery market, argued in a statement about the filing in state court in San Francisco that Uber’s February lawsuit is “nothing more than a cynical and calculated scare tactic.”

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Every so often they shuffled a few inches forward, following the queue for Pope Francis's lying in state.

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instate in statu quo

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