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state of mind

noun phrase

: a person's emotional state : mood
He's in a bad/good state of mind.

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Baker immediately objected and said displaying the files and suggesting jurors would later receive them was improper unless their relevance to the defendants’ state of mind had first been established. Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2026 What is your state of mind, being away from your country while this is happening in Iran? Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 9 Jan. 2026 This one was close for most of the night, for sure, too close from a New York state of mind. Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026 In one TikTok that has been viewed more than 4 million times, a therapist explains functional freeze as a state of mind driven by chronic stress. The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for state of mind

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“State of mind.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/state%20of%20mind. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.

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