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Recent Examples of stances
Newsom has thrown himself behind progressive stances on affirmative action, crime, and reparations, having recently signed a bill to create an agency that will deliver restitution to the descendants of slaves.
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Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026
Trump supporters often make the case that his stances should not be taken at face value and are mere bluffs designed for negotiation.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
The mayor and Tisch have different stances on several public safety issues, including keeping police headcount flat, abolishing the department’s controversial Strategic Response Group and eliminating the NYPD’s gang database.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 21 Jan. 2026
Daniel has taken one of the most aggressive stances on data centers.
—Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Graham has a long history of hawkish stances on foreign policy.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 12 Jan. 2026
Awards season, Hollywood broadly and even the world is filled with anti-AI stances.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 9 Jan. 2026
Landlord efforts to dangle concessions in front of prospective tenants have helped to shove effective rents lower due to the aggressive stances of property owners that hunger for leasing deals.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
During the arraignment, demonstrators of opposite stances gathered outside the lower Manhattan courthouse, separated by a police barricade.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026
Trump supporters often make the case that his stances should not be taken at face value and are mere bluffs designed for negotiation.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
The mayor and Tisch have different stances on several public safety issues, including keeping police headcount flat, abolishing the department’s controversial Strategic Response Group and eliminating the NYPD’s gang database.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 21 Jan. 2026
Daniel has taken one of the most aggressive stances on data centers.
—Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Graham has a long history of hawkish stances on foreign policy.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 12 Jan. 2026
Awards season, Hollywood broadly and even the world is filled with anti-AI stances.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 9 Jan. 2026
Landlord efforts to dangle concessions in front of prospective tenants have helped to shove effective rents lower due to the aggressive stances of property owners that hunger for leasing deals.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
During the arraignment, demonstrators of opposite stances gathered outside the lower Manhattan courthouse, separated by a police barricade.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stances
Noun
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To build their robot hand, the engineers began by creating a digital library of human hand grasp postures.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
22 Jan. 2026
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The multi-adaptive seat belts can optimize themselves for different types of crash conditions, body types, and even driving postures.—
Joel Feder,
The Drive,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In terms of public attitudes to these vehicles in Europe, the picture is murky.—
Laurie Winkless,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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There are seven characters in the play but at least seven different romantic couplings, most of them conducted with proper British attitudes and stiff upper lips.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Stances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stances. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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