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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for stance
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Noun
  • Compliance becomes a visible part of commercial posture, not a back-office task.
    Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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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