as in attitudes
movements or positions of the body that express a person's thoughts or feelings
We could tell from his body language that he was nervous.
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The book also shines a prominent light on how attitudes toward certain drugs have changed over time by showing when and where they were embraced.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
12 Jan. 2026 -
However, the recent flood of Gen Z workers into the education non-profit could reflect broader attitudes towards work and an uncertain labor market.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
12 Jan. 2026
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And that’s also a place where those familiar postures — the brooding cowboy, the angsty writer — start to dissolve.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
6 Nov. 2025
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Sachs films the pair in a variety of places and postures—sitting face to face in her living room, standing in the kitchen, lying down on her bed.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
5 Nov. 2025
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Hochul should use her improving political fortune and growing public disdain for the president’s regressive stances to break away from Trumpian energy policies and restore New York’s clean energy leadership in the new year.—
Anshul Gupta,
New York Daily News,
7 Jan. 2026
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Landlord efforts to dangle concessions in front of prospective tenants have helped to shove effective rents lower due to the aggressive stances of property owners that hunger for leasing deals.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
6 Jan. 2026
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Now, the juxtapositions that are so key to Charli’s style DNA manifest in Anthony Vaccarello’s current athleisure-meets-lingerie looks.—
Alice Newbold,
Vogue,
12 Jan. 2026
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To see all the looks from the 2026 Golden Globes red carpet, and for more of Glamour’s live show coverage, click here.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Body languages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/body%20languages. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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