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 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 While the missing middle policy holds theoretical promise, public attitudes may be moving in the opposite direction. Stefan Chavez-Norgaard, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026 Among the new generation, though, attitudes are gradually changing. Adrien Marotte, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Aug. 2026 Plants can also decipher positive and negative thoughts and attitudes. Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2026 Other Eurasian emperors of the time also did not persecute occult practitioners as Ivan did in the lead-up to the second oprichnina, actions more in line with attitudes in early modern Christian Europe than those common among rulers of Asia. Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
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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 1 Sep. 2026.

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