attitudes

plural of attitude
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 Janson Junk, Tyler Phillips and Ryan Gusto generally have had good attitudes about getting early hooks, though Phillips reacted angrily after being lifted with a lead in the fourth inning against the Dodgers last weekend. Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026 Based on the way American attitudes have shifted toward a certain country in the Middle East, Robert Kraft likely lost a lot of fans with a recent decision. Matt Calkins Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026 Mike Madrid, a political consultant and expert on Latino voting patterns, cautioned against viewing divergent Latino political attitudes as driven predominantly by gender. Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026 Yet changing attitudes toward death and the body have gradually altered that role. ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026 Pollsters also surveyed likely voter attitudes toward a number of high profile ballot measure initiatives, including Proposition 40, the one time tax on billionaires. Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026 In a sign of shifting attitudes in Japan, voters in the southern island of Okinawa — home to 70% of the US military presence in the country — recently ousted a governor who opposed Tokyo’s militarization. Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2026 Sustained across multiple member states over time, these attitudes could erode the institutional architecture that makes the EU such a valuable partner. Jonas Nahm, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026 While those concerns haven’t disappeared altogether, Habib said faculty attitudes have shifted as AI has become more present in everyday personal and work life. Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attitudes
Noun
  • Discord reigned in the intensifying debate over AI safety regulation, with tech bosses taking opposing stances and government leaders sharing little common ground.
    Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Even at the arthouse level, lauded films with strong political stances have been shied away from.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Alice and Gemma really don’t seem to get along, and neither seems inclined to back down from their hostile postures.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2026
  • That is a chain of very different tasks and different security postures.
    Venkata Pavan Kumar Gummadi, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

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“Attitudes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attitudes. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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