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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
In the studio, niche interests are exchanged for conformity and collective attention to breath and postures—at least on the surface.
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Calin Van Paris, Outside, 30 Sep. 2025
Animals configure their faces and bodies in certain postures for practical reasons — for example, unsheathing their teeth before biting, widening their eyes for a panoramic view of danger, flattening their ears to protect them in a fight.
—Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
The remains, which came from hunter-gatherer communities, were found in tightly crouched or squatting postures and appear to have been smoke-dried over fire before burial in a process of mummification, the researchers said.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2025
Roll Down to Side Plank to Pike An effective balance training program should include exercises that include static and dynamic stability postures, changes in the base of support, variations in the height of the center of gravity, and different standing surfaces.
—Mallory Creveling, Health, 17 Sep. 2025
These societies in southeastern Asia buried their dead mostly in flexed, tightly crouched, or squatting postures, often with traces of burning.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
If the message giver is experienced as coercive, conversations get derailed, often leaving the message receiver in awkward, if not hostile, postures.
—Matthew Mayhew, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Gavras, working from a script he co-wrote with Pulitzer-finalist playwright Will Arbery, seems to be poking fun at the vacuous postures of the oligarch class, just as Ruben Östlund and many other filmmakers have in recent years.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
The team tried to combat these challenges by first using breed-specific statistical AI models to capture variations in body shapes and postures.
—Mack Degeurin Aug 20, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2025
Calin Van Paris, Outside, 30 Sep. 2025
Animals configure their faces and bodies in certain postures for practical reasons — for example, unsheathing their teeth before biting, widening their eyes for a panoramic view of danger, flattening their ears to protect them in a fight.
—Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
The remains, which came from hunter-gatherer communities, were found in tightly crouched or squatting postures and appear to have been smoke-dried over fire before burial in a process of mummification, the researchers said.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2025
Roll Down to Side Plank to Pike An effective balance training program should include exercises that include static and dynamic stability postures, changes in the base of support, variations in the height of the center of gravity, and different standing surfaces.
—Mallory Creveling, Health, 17 Sep. 2025
These societies in southeastern Asia buried their dead mostly in flexed, tightly crouched, or squatting postures, often with traces of burning.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
If the message giver is experienced as coercive, conversations get derailed, often leaving the message receiver in awkward, if not hostile, postures.
—Matthew Mayhew, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Gavras, working from a script he co-wrote with Pulitzer-finalist playwright Will Arbery, seems to be poking fun at the vacuous postures of the oligarch class, just as Ruben Östlund and many other filmmakers have in recent years.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
The team tried to combat these challenges by first using breed-specific statistical AI models to capture variations in body shapes and postures.
—Mack Degeurin Aug 20, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for postures
Noun
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Trump has taken divergent stances on the issue.—
Laura Sharman,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
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The socialist politician remained focused on his less polarizing stances surrounding affordability.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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That is an unlikely combination because, in general, teams that score so much on offense have the lead, forcing teams into passing situations to keep pace.—
Mike Sando,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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That’s what pushed me to being a creative type like people tend to in those situations.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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So the organization is trying to divert conversations about wind and solar away from politics, which has historically influenced attitudes toward renewables.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
20 Oct. 2025
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Longtime prejudices have meant that Latin artists have been regarded with suspicion, doubt, and even outrage throughout music history, but these attitudes have twisted into something far more intense and sinister as a result of the current administration.—
Julyssa Lopez,
Rolling Stone,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Those moments, the quiet ones between pictures, are the ones that live on in the images.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
18 Oct. 2025
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The photo carousel also included throwback pictures of the couple from over the years, with some dating all the way back to their time together as preschool classmates.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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Additional deals have been secured with World Pictures for the CIS region, Karantajina for the former Yugoslavia, and Front Row for Middle East and North Africa.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
16 Oct. 2025
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Sponsored content deals are expected to surpass $10 billion this year, as more advertisers cut back on traditional media advertising and dive headfirst into influencer marketing.—
Taylor Lorenz,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Postures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postures. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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