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Recent Examples of stance
Sports teams have no obligation to take stances on the issues of the day and probably shouldn’t.
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025
President Trump nominated Gabbard as his intelligence director despite some doubts from both parties, and her anti-war stance fits in with the MAGA movement’s aversion to getting the U.S. sucked into foreign conflicts.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 21 June 2025
Yet Israel has never signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), is not subject to IAEA inspections, and faces no international sanctions for its nuclear stance.
—Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
Has the business with Grady softened their stance on him at all?
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 20 June 2025
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025
President Trump nominated Gabbard as his intelligence director despite some doubts from both parties, and her anti-war stance fits in with the MAGA movement’s aversion to getting the U.S. sucked into foreign conflicts.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 21 June 2025
Yet Israel has never signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), is not subject to IAEA inspections, and faces no international sanctions for its nuclear stance.
—Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
Has the business with Grady softened their stance on him at all?
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stance
Noun
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But there's an obvious tension given the Trump administration's posture on diversity programs that the history will be accurately preserved by federal institutions and museums.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
19 June 2025
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But Trump has yet to fully explain his sharp shift in posture, from determined dealmaker to potential participant in the attack on Tehran.—
Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
19 June 2025
Noun
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This shift in the cat's demeanor resonated with viewers who recognized the familiar orange cat attitude.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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Perhaps the attitude is that, as the tech sector caused the problem and is profiting from it, the tech sector should sort it out.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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“Stance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stance. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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