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 Polling in foreign countries shows a dramatic shift in attitudes toward the United States. Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026 This is why trading of Dell stock Wednesday will so heavily influence attitudes on the AI trade, at least in the near term. Zev Fima, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026 Consumers’ changing attitudes toward purchasing, selling and collecting, where reselling a watch is no longer seen as taboo, could also support recovery. Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026 If heat and drought are to become the new normal in Britain, then attitudes will need to shift. Mark Rice-Oxley, Christian Science Monitor, 31 Aug. 2026 The music on that cassette helped define the sound, style and attitudes of a generation. Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2026 The region’s attitudes toward hospitality are a natural outgrowth of these broader social graces. Annie Joy Williams, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026 Behind billions of posts, comments and conversations are signals about the attitudes, emerging concerns and experiences of communities that may not be captured in population surveys, clinical notes or other traditional research data. Thu T. Nguyen, Baltimore Sun, 27 Aug. 2026 This is the fourth time Heatmap has run a survey of data-center attitudes in the last year, and the stats keep getting worse for the industry. Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attitudes
Noun
  • As rising energy prices drive up inflation, several central banks across the Asia-Pacific region are shifting toward hawkish stances.
    , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • But few are as stark, or potentially as consequential, as their stances on the war against Iran.
    Adam Beam, AJC.com, 25 Aug. 2026
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  • 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 7 Sep. 2026.

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