as in perspective
a way of looking at or thinking about something
I never thought about it from that standpoint before
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Recent Examples of standpoint
That much makes sense from a tactical standpoint.
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Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2025
From a pure personnel standpoint, there’s no reason TCU shouldn’t come out on top.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025
The problem, at least from the pesky standpoint of automotive safety, is that a self-driving Tesla on the Mad Max setting will apparently reach those speeds regardless of local limits.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
From an emotional standpoint, Bigelow crafts an affecting narrative through the eyes of different people.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
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Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2025
From a pure personnel standpoint, there’s no reason TCU shouldn’t come out on top.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025
The problem, at least from the pesky standpoint of automotive safety, is that a self-driving Tesla on the Mad Max setting will apparently reach those speeds regardless of local limits.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
From an emotional standpoint, Bigelow crafts an affecting narrative through the eyes of different people.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for standpoint
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Kings coach Doug Christie — who was on that early 2000s team that nearly made the Finals — was one of many coaches and players throughout the NBA this week given the difficult task of answering questions about their perspectives of the ongoing legal case.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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But ask area residents how living or working in the City of Souls – surrounded by the unblinking fact of their own future – has impacted their perspective on death, and most respond with a shrug.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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Forty percent of fourth graders are unable to put the events of a story into a sequence or describe a character’s motivations, and a third of eighth graders cannot identify the main ideas of a text or distinguish between different viewpoints.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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That hearing was expected to include Mitchell and her top prosecutors taking the stand to defend their decisions and prove that charging the protesters was not meant to suppress their viewpoints.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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Right now, the Fed continues to have flexibility to cut later when more economic data is available and the outlook is clearer.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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Fernando Fernandez, Unilever chief executive officer, said the outlook remained unchanged for the full year, with underlying sales growth expected to land between 3 percent and 5 percent.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Standpoint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/standpoint. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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