as in stances
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 attitudes
In terms of public attitudes to these vehicles in Europe, the picture is murky.
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Laurie Winkless, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
There are seven characters in the play but at least seven different romantic couplings, most of them conducted with proper British attitudes and stiff upper lips.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2026
Such issues and attitudes could play a role in how the Budweiser commercial gets embraced by consumers who see it.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
Trump proved to be a vexing ideological lodestar—aggressively anti-intellectual in his attitudes and consistently inconsistent in his views.
—Jason Zengerle, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026
The mercurial way in which the president retreated served only to harden European attitudes.
—Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026
On a 100-point scale measuring attitudes toward Swift, young women averaged 55, while young men averaged 43 – a statistically significant difference that was not present among older Americans.
—Laurel Elder, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2026
Defensive line coach Andre Patterson, a horrendous influence on the defense, the run defense and the players’ attitudes, leads a host of Giants coaches who have been fired.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
Cannabis is influencing broader cultural attitudes toward health and self-care.
—Amplified Content Studio, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2026
Laurie Winkless, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
There are seven characters in the play but at least seven different romantic couplings, most of them conducted with proper British attitudes and stiff upper lips.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2026
Such issues and attitudes could play a role in how the Budweiser commercial gets embraced by consumers who see it.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
Trump proved to be a vexing ideological lodestar—aggressively anti-intellectual in his attitudes and consistently inconsistent in his views.
—Jason Zengerle, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026
The mercurial way in which the president retreated served only to harden European attitudes.
—Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026
On a 100-point scale measuring attitudes toward Swift, young women averaged 55, while young men averaged 43 – a statistically significant difference that was not present among older Americans.
—Laurel Elder, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2026
Defensive line coach Andre Patterson, a horrendous influence on the defense, the run defense and the players’ attitudes, leads a host of Giants coaches who have been fired.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
Cannabis is influencing broader cultural attitudes toward health and self-care.
—Amplified Content Studio, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attitudes
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The study found Musk's public political stances also helped to increase the sales of other automakers' electric and hybrid vehicles by 17-22% as drivers who were opposed to the CEO's politics fled to other EV manufacturers.—
Keith Laing,
USA Today,
29 Jan. 2026
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Bottom line, analysts appeared to adopt fairly divisive stances towards Tesla’s future.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
29 Jan. 2026
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To build their robot hand, the engineers began by creating a digital library of human hand grasp postures.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
22 Jan. 2026
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The multi-adaptive seat belts can optimize themselves for different types of crash conditions, body types, and even driving postures.—
Joel Feder,
The Drive,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Attitudes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attitudes. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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