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position with regard to conditions and circumstances
claims that the country's defense posture is weak
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Recent Examples of postures
What do collecting old editions of Dungeons & Dragons monster manuals, securing the same tailgate spot for over 20 years and mastering yoga postures have in common?
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Emily Messina, The Conversation, 6 Feb. 2026
From those images, the app creates a digital avatar of the athlete and simulates how different postures affect airflow and drag, variables critical to speedskating success.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 4 Feb. 2026
More than 15 pleas to adopt Valerio, showing him in playful postures such as playing fetch and posing in a sunflower hat, remain live on Instagram.
—Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
To build their robot hand, the engineers began by creating a digital library of human hand grasp postures.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 22 Jan. 2026
The multi-adaptive seat belts can optimize themselves for different types of crash conditions, body types, and even driving postures.
—Joel Feder, The Drive, 21 Jan. 2026
This allows the head and neck to remain supported across different working and resting postures.
—New Atlas, 13 Jan. 2026
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
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
Emily Messina, The Conversation, 6 Feb. 2026
From those images, the app creates a digital avatar of the athlete and simulates how different postures affect airflow and drag, variables critical to speedskating success.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 4 Feb. 2026
More than 15 pleas to adopt Valerio, showing him in playful postures such as playing fetch and posing in a sunflower hat, remain live on Instagram.
—Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
To build their robot hand, the engineers began by creating a digital library of human hand grasp postures.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 22 Jan. 2026
The multi-adaptive seat belts can optimize themselves for different types of crash conditions, body types, and even driving postures.
—Joel Feder, The Drive, 21 Jan. 2026
This allows the head and neck to remain supported across different working and resting postures.
—New Atlas, 13 Jan. 2026
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for postures
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That beginning set off ten days of actors and filmmakers being asked at press conferences for their stances on global political issues, and social media angst over those responses.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
21 Feb. 2026
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One critique is that the Berlinale has taken political stances in the past, before your tenure — opposing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, supporting Iranian anti-government protestors, but hasn’t done so with regard to the situation in Gaza.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Feb. 2026
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Thus, the robot can adapt to new situations without losing key properties of the movement, such as keeping a bottle vertical so as not to spill the contents, as per the press release.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Feb. 2026
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As kids get older, this transparency can cross over into talking honestly about social situations, financial decisions, or household values and responsibilities.—
Dina Gachman,
Parents,
16 Feb. 2026
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It is meant to shape attitudes, behavior and public conduct.—
Irfan Sarwar,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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The answer, Sanchez told me, depends less on what the landscape can support and more on what Americans’ attitudes will.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
16 Feb. 2026
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Since the end of his playing days, Griffey has embraced photography, taking pictures from the African savanna to the Masters Tournament in Georgia.—
C. Trent Rosecrans,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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Data centers — rooms or buildings full of computer servers — have been storing cellphone pictures, emails and social media accounts for years.—
Makenzie Huber,
States Newsroom,
19 Feb. 2026
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Supporters of the bill said residents should know the details of data center deals, given the potential impacts, citing water use and power demand.—
Makenzie Huber,
States Newsroom,
19 Feb. 2026
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The results of those marketing and licensing deals have been apparent throughout the men’s hockey tournament, now down to its four semifinalists.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Postures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postures. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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