The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word STATES
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result STATES
- Reports from parts of Germany
- Governments panic with last of referendums
- Speaks of panic with son
- Speaks of panic over soprano
- Announces conditions
- Conditions in parts of America
- Poor condition suppressing southern nations
- With second Test a shambles, declares
- Says thanks and sets about returning
- Grounds for execution in America
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What does STATES mean?
STATES noun- A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
- High social standing or circumstance.
- A polity.
- (stochastic processes) An element of the range of the random variables that define a random process.
- (grammar) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that do not change over time.
- To declare to be a fact.
- To make known.