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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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Recent Examples of standing
Noun
Remember, Banchero played in only 46 games last year and Wagner 60, so the margin between the teams wasn’t as close as their four-game gap in the standings would suggest. Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 21 July 2025 Collier is a five-time All-Star and is averaging 23.2 points and 7.6 rebounds per game as she’s helped the Lynx back to the top of the WNBA standings at the break with a 20-4 record. Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2025
Adjective
His condemnation of authoritarianism electrified the audience, earning a standing ovation and setting a reflective tone that remained all week. Jamie Lang, Variety, 20 June 2025 Legislative leaders began the session by talking tough about reining in the industry, receiving standing ovations in the House and Senate. Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 19 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for standing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for standing
Noun
  • Our communities should not have to rely on court orders to be treated with dignity.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 19 July 2025
  • This religious minority known for its dignity, neutrality, resiliency, and peaceful resistance is now being targeted by Jihadi militias supported by the Syrian regime, with tanks artillery, and heavy weapons.
    Sawsan Natour-Hasson, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
Noun
  • The sensory component refers to the physical sensation of pain, encompassing its intensity, location, quality, and duration, whereas the affective aspect encompasses the emotional side of pain, including the unpleasantness associated with it, such as suffering and the desire to alleviate it.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 11 July 2025
  • The connected app logs and monitors usage, including the number of times used and the average duration (again, a great tool to monitor your cats' health).
    Molly Higgins, Wired News, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • The report did not say how the switches could have flipped to the cutoff position during the flight.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 13 July 2025
  • In the past decade, Smith has held several leadership positions in the department, including in human resources, recruitment, emergency communications and dispatch.
    Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 13 July 2025
Adjective
  • These two performers feed off each other in a dance that is never static.
    Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 11 July 2025
  • Unlike static databases, it’s updated by the users themselves.
    Jason Bahnak, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Adjective
  • While some programs featuring influencers and vertical excerpts of TV shows and movies are covered by union agreements, other projects don’t have those protections.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2025
  • If your small space is flanked by strong vertical fences or walls, the easiest solution is to cover the surface with plants.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 July 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 25 Jul. 2025.

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