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Recent Examples of stature
Over the course of a career that stretched back to the late 1940s, his stature was acknowledged with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, the Kennedy Center Honors and a National Medal of Arts.
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Chris Morris, Variety, 26 May 2026
One was Yao Ming, whose 7-foot-6 stature rendered any talk of his wingspan irrelevant.
—Beau Dure, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Mitch Daniels, widely considered the most effective governor in modern Indiana history, invested in a leadership development program bearing his name — but produced no protégé of comparable stature.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 25 May 2026
Last season saw the 2020 seventh-round pick mesh that stature with his play.
—Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2026
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Chris Morris, Variety, 26 May 2026
One was Yao Ming, whose 7-foot-6 stature rendered any talk of his wingspan irrelevant.
—Beau Dure, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Mitch Daniels, widely considered the most effective governor in modern Indiana history, invested in a leadership development program bearing his name — but produced no protégé of comparable stature.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 25 May 2026
Last season saw the 2020 seventh-round pick mesh that stature with his play.
—Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stature
Noun
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This helped accommodate patients who could not, or chose not to, be seen in person at the height of covid transmission.—
Maia Rosenfeld,
NBC news,
29 May 2026
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While Star City hasn’t quite yet reached the heights of its predecessor, the five hours (of eight) sent to critics satisfy as both a companion series and one capable of standing all on its own.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
28 May 2026
Noun
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In this volume are all the wild, enthused lines, stoked for life’s daily mysteries, and all the tender elevations that we have been used to experiencing in the poetry of Eileen Myles!—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
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Parking farther away, getting off public transit one stop early or walking kids to school all generate the kind of heart rate elevation the study tracked.—
Allison Palmer
June 1,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 June 2026
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“Stature.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stature. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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