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Recent Examples of stances
Ladapo has long stoked fears about vaccines, and his stances on shots and other measures have drawn criticism from the public health community.
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Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
Commenters on the video reacted to Flay’s answers, even disagreeing with some of his stances.
—Erin Clements, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
With most environmental treaties, a key challenge to the consensus approach is that there are thresholds and tipping points which can lead to irrevocable change that are at odds with the timeframe or the particular stances of individual countries.
—Saleem H. Ali, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Her and Zegler’s opposing public stances also recently plagued the release of Disney’s Snow White, to the tune of a $115 million loss.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2025
Lyles’ predecessor, Roberts, had a hands-on tenure and took controversial stances that landed Charlotte in hot water, Heberlig said.
—Charlotte Observer, 14 Aug. 2025
While Stern always appealed to working-class men, his show was far from political beyond some vague anti-FCC First Amendment stances, and certainly not a Republican rally point (many working-class men back then after all were Democrats).
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2025
Rubio, meanwhile, is a longtime Republican senator known for his traditional conservative stances.
—Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Dylan has taken very few political stances since the Civil Rights Movements of the early Sixties, refusing to even condemn the Vietnam War, and his views today on basically any issue are impossible to know.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2025
Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
Commenters on the video reacted to Flay’s answers, even disagreeing with some of his stances.
—Erin Clements, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
With most environmental treaties, a key challenge to the consensus approach is that there are thresholds and tipping points which can lead to irrevocable change that are at odds with the timeframe or the particular stances of individual countries.
—Saleem H. Ali, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Her and Zegler’s opposing public stances also recently plagued the release of Disney’s Snow White, to the tune of a $115 million loss.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2025
Lyles’ predecessor, Roberts, had a hands-on tenure and took controversial stances that landed Charlotte in hot water, Heberlig said.
—Charlotte Observer, 14 Aug. 2025
While Stern always appealed to working-class men, his show was far from political beyond some vague anti-FCC First Amendment stances, and certainly not a Republican rally point (many working-class men back then after all were Democrats).
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2025
Rubio, meanwhile, is a longtime Republican senator known for his traditional conservative stances.
—Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Dylan has taken very few political stances since the Civil Rights Movements of the early Sixties, refusing to even condemn the Vietnam War, and his views today on basically any issue are impossible to know.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stances
Noun
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The team tried to combat these challenges by first using breed-specific statistical AI models to capture variations in body shapes and postures.—
Mack DeGeurin Aug 20,
Popular Science,
20 Aug. 2025
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Line judges often bring their own theatrical element to the sport with their distinctive voices, postures, and interactions with players but All England Club chief executive Sally Bolton said many of them understood that change would come.—
Shrivathsa Sridhar,
Reuters,
27 June 2025
Noun
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Much has been made of this phenomenon, with experts pointing to a number of potential causes, including growing economic anxiety, social media messaging and evolving cultural attitudes.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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Beyond tools, evaluate attitudes, behaviors and awareness across departments.—
Aliasgar Dohadwala,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Stances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stances. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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