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 The increase in gray divorces might start to plateau when millennials – who got married under very different circumstances and social attitudes than their predecessors – start aging into retirement, said Park. Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 26 July 2026 Instead, the Takaichi criticism reflects a gradual shift in attitudes towards work and gender roles, especially among younger Japanese, Brown says. Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 23 July 2026 Techradar’s recent survey on consumer attitudes to AI shows a drop in the use of AI services such as Gemini and ChatGPT. Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026 How Beliefs About Aging May Shape Health Researchers also assessed participants’ attitudes about aging using a validated questionnaire. Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 22 July 2026 The starkest divide between the DSA’s older generation and the newcomers concerned their attitudes toward democracy. James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026 DeVriese-Sebilla said those attitudes had lasting consequences for Argentine, describing housing segregation as one of the community’s greatest historical challenges. Michelle Oliva-Espinosa, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026 As Odysseus wanders from place to place, discovering the foreign customs and attitudes of each one, the story explores the concept of home, asking what kind of civilization is appropriate for an authentic human being. Literary Hub, 17 July 2026 However, when Perel encouraged the conference attendees to stop referring to Gen Z and instead say ‘our children’, attitudes started to shift. Sam Birchall, Fortune, 17 July 2026
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Noun
  • However, Matthews, Charlotte and Mecklenburg County reaffirmed their stances have not changed for now.
    DJ Simmons, Charlotte Observer, 16 July 2026
  • One of the most notable came from Abdulkhaleq Abdulla, an Emirati political scientist viewed as an unofficial spokesman for Abu Dhabi, who often speaks its explicit stances on topics too sensitive for the government to speak on publicly.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 14 July 2026
Noun
  • This has been evident in the competing agendas of France and Italy in Libya, and in the clashing postures of Turkey and France in Libya and the Sahel.
    Galip Dalay, Time, 7 July 2026
  • The optimism in markets Monday could still prove premature, as negotiations over the strait and attack postures in the broader region remain fluid.
    Rob Wile, NBC news, 22 June 2026

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“Attitudes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attitudes. Accessed 26 Jul. 2026.

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