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Recent Examples of stance
The finding challenges the ultra-cautious stance of regulators who apply the LNT model even at microdose levels.
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Anna Broughel, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, as China faces its own challenges at home, where the ruling Communist Party is grappling with a slowing economy and persistent unemployment, some observers wonder whether drumming up nationalism as a distraction strategy could push China into an even more aggressive stance.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
Gaines took aim at Biles for her stance as an idol for so many young female athletes and also called out the Olympian for body-shaming her.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Many would support the university taking a firm stance against the White House, given the government’s blatant overreach into their rights protected by the Constitution.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
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Anna Broughel, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, as China faces its own challenges at home, where the ruling Communist Party is grappling with a slowing economy and persistent unemployment, some observers wonder whether drumming up nationalism as a distraction strategy could push China into an even more aggressive stance.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
Gaines took aim at Biles for her stance as an idol for so many young female athletes and also called out the Olympian for body-shaming her.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Many would support the university taking a firm stance against the White House, given the government’s blatant overreach into their rights protected by the Constitution.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stance
Noun
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Compliance becomes a visible part of commercial posture, not a back-office task.—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Crucially, Brazil’s foreign policy has consistently refrained from adopting an explicitly anti-American or anti-Western posture.—
HUSSEIN KALOUT,
Foreign Affairs,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This yuckster attitude was apparently contagious, because Gray herself got in on the act on a day in which she was scheduled to kiss the young hunk Christopher Atkins, who had a recurring role for one season as a camp counselor.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Sep. 2025
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His hands-on approach and demanding attitude combines with high popularity.—
Steve Denning,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Stance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stance. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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