as in stance
a general way of holding the body had the ramrod straight attitude of a man who had spent all of his life in the military

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Recent Examples of attitude Yet despite its gung-ho attitude, San Diego’s record on housing has been spotty. Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2025 The Leather Skirt A modern woman’s go-to, the leather skirt gives attitude in a sensible silhouette. Minty Mellon, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2025 Merrill — an actor who has appeared on Law & Order and Sex and the City — adopted a similar attitude towards his assault. Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025 There was no stopping her, and that’s the right attitude. Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for attitude
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Noun
  • But its opt-out stance on studios’ intellectual property faced immediate blowback from an array of Hollywood organizations, including talent agencies.
    Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Anthropic has rebuked federal government efforts to preempt state-level oversight of AI — a notably different stance than that of OpenAI, which has pushed for less regulation.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
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  • The cascade effect of those events has led to a palpable shift in corporate security postures, with a flood of new independent threat assessments and protective measures.
    Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Deutsche Bank strategists noted that aggregate investor equity exposure dropped from a significant (though not extreme) overweight posture back to dead neutral over the course of a week.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Attitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attitude. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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