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Recent Examples of stance
What is your stance on diversity, equity and inclusion programming in your district?
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Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2025
Trump has taken divergent stances on the issue.
—Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
Its statement was endorsed by member states with the exception of Trinidad and Tobago, and came after pressure by former prime ministers and opposition leaders for the bloc to take a stance.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
Those sensitivities have not disappeared, and pressures have remained for the prime minister to take a firm stance against a backdrop of independent MPs, including Khan, winning seats on a pro-Gaza ticket.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
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Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2025
Trump has taken divergent stances on the issue.
—Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
Its statement was endorsed by member states with the exception of Trinidad and Tobago, and came after pressure by former prime ministers and opposition leaders for the bloc to take a stance.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
Those sensitivities have not disappeared, and pressures have remained for the prime minister to take a firm stance against a backdrop of independent MPs, including Khan, winning seats on a pro-Gaza ticket.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stance
Noun
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The cascade effect of those events has led to a palpable shift in corporate security postures, with a flood of new independent threat assessments and protective measures.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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Deutsche Bank strategists noted that aggregate investor equity exposure dropped from a significant (though not extreme) overweight posture back to dead neutral over the course of a week.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
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
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Schottenheimer addressed the bizarre injury loss with a surprisingly positive attitude.—
Matt Audilet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Stance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stance. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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