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standing

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adjective

standing

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verb

present participle of stand
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as in being
to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes if the city's baseball team wins today, they will stand first in the league

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of standing
Noun
Fluminense, one of four Brazilian teams in the Club World Cup, was in sixth place in the league standings heading into the tournament. Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025 Righteousness, after all, isn’t reflected in the standings. Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
Adjective
The current standing size of the Germany army is just 181,000. Sebastian Shukla, CNN Money, 8 June 2025 Some courts have issued standing orders that the use of AI at any point in the preparation of a filing must be disclosed, along with a certification that every reference in the document has been verified. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for standing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for standing
Noun
  • But in a way, that's nothing new; trans people have been fighting for their rights, dignity, and liberation for generations.
    Veralyn Williams, NPR, 25 June 2025
  • Each offering is a place to uplift truth, refuse silence and, through images and words, bear witness to our dignity and power.
    Essence, Essence, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • Each canine’s sniffing behavior is tracked by sensors and algorithms that quantify subtle physiological cues, such as sniff duration, hesitation or posture.
    Sindhya Valloppillil, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • So far, the rally has been nearly uninterrupted, allowing MSFT to sustain short-term overbought conditions for an unusually long duration, but a new counter-trend signal from the DeMARK Indicators (denoted by the '13') suggests a short-term downturn may be imminent.
    Katie Stockton, CNBC, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • That was partly because Jalen Ramsey for Minkah Fitzpatrick marked the NFL’s first swap in 21 years in which two players changing uniform had each been named an All-Pro at his position.
    Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 1 July 2025
  • At this stage in their careers, Monk is the younger and more dynamic player, but Schroder is a better defender and would fill Sacramento’s need at the point guard position while alleviating the logjam at shooting guard.
    Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2025
Adjective
  • That means moving from static education to intelligent enablement.
    Mike Britton, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • That makes a living shoreline’s capacity to adapt to its surroundings — unlike a static seawall — one of its biggest strengths, said Melinda Donnelly, an assistant research scientist and biology professor at UCF who works with Walters.
    Molly Duerig, Miami Herald, 28 June 2025
Adjective
  • The young Democratic socialist swept the primary on the back of a media strategy fit for 2025: clever short-form vertical videos, intense message discipline focused on affordability, and an openness to talking to anyone — from niche menswear fashion podcasts to legacy players.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 30 June 2025
  • Metal filing cabinets first appeared during the 1920s, when document storage shifted from horizontal to space-saving vertical models.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • Coach Doc River played the role of Secret Santa by sitting the Bucks’ two biggest stars — Giannis Antetokounmpo, who was dealing with back spasms, and Damian Lillard, who was out with a non-COVID-19 illness.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The Rockets came into Christmas Eve riding a three-game winning streak, now sitting at 20-9 and up to second overall in the Western Conference, behind just the Oklahoma City Thunder.
    Rahat Huq, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Thank you for tolerating a strange British idiot.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Instead of being about a bunch of observers helplessly tolerating their peculiar friend, the sketch became an absurd illustration of the way groupthink manifests.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Tariffs In the week ahead, investors will be buckled up and paying close attention to every twist and turn in the tariff story.
    Kevin Stankiewicz,Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Real Madrid has avoided paying such substantial fees in recent years, instead acquiring key players like Kylian Mbappé on free transfers.
    Sam Leveridge, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025

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“Standing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/standing. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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