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Recent Examples of stance
Tech workers have backed Anthropic’s stance.
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Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
Police alleged Petit turned toward them with the object and took a shooting stance, but videos disproved the claims, the plaintiff’s lawyers said.
—Andrea Klick, Daily News, 27 Feb. 2026
In his defense, Makary appeared to reference the FDA’s stance on a gene therapy made by UniQure to treat Huntington’s disease, a rare neurodegenerative condition.
—Lizzy Lawrence, STAT, 26 Feb. 2026
Schenck got Paris to move back in the batter’s box, and open his stance.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 26 Feb. 2026
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Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
Police alleged Petit turned toward them with the object and took a shooting stance, but videos disproved the claims, the plaintiff’s lawyers said.
—Andrea Klick, Daily News, 27 Feb. 2026
In his defense, Makary appeared to reference the FDA’s stance on a gene therapy made by UniQure to treat Huntington’s disease, a rare neurodegenerative condition.
—Lizzy Lawrence, STAT, 26 Feb. 2026
Schenck got Paris to move back in the batter’s box, and open his stance.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 26 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stance
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Possible successors have not been publicly named, and the selection could shape Iran’s domestic direction and foreign policy posture at a moment of escalating confrontation.—
Claire Carter,
The Washington Examiner,
1 Mar. 2026
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The heightened posture came as Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel put his counterterrorism and counterintelligence teams on high alert after the US and Israel launched a sweeping military assault on Iran.—
Myles Miller,
Fortune,
1 Mar. 2026
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Other Seminole officials who attended the public meeting at University Carillon United Methodist Church said they were also taken aback by Orange officials’ attitude toward the project.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Mar. 2026
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Some people regard weed-killers and herbicides as dangerous for consumers and the environment, an attitude lent ballast by lawsuits filed against the makers of Roundup, owned previously by Monsanto and now part of Bayer.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Stance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stance. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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