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stance

How to use stance in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for stance.

Editorial note

Why doesn't OkCupid take a bolder stance and remove all JavaScript from their site?

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

standing posture

Meaning at a glance

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noun

standing posture

noun

a rationalized mental attitude

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for stance.

noun

standing posture

Example sentences

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Why doesn't OkCupid take a bolder stance and remove all JavaScript from their site?

2

I just sent a note to both Blumenauer and Wyden and thanked them for their stance on this issue.

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The parent comment's "looking at the bright side" stance is a coward and lazy attitude.

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But you have to ask, if it weren't for his aggressive anti-Wall St. stance, would he have been targeted?

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I'm taking the opposite stance, this is a stupid gimmick until proven otherwise.

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This, too, is Russia taking a stance against US policy.- Ecuador too of all countries is taking an anti-US stance.

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We have taken an incredibly open stance towards security researchers and welcome the contributions they make towards securing the internet.

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Dear NPR,I know this is just one of your employees' blogs, and I know it very likely doesn't represent the official stance of National Public Radio on hat-wearing, globalism or international politics.

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It is a complex and interesting topic, Dawkins-style atheism leads to a "there is no evidence for god so we can just forget about religion" type of stance which makes most "rational" people nowadays not understand the first thing about religion and its role.

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But then again, I'm also just one of these Euro-socialists who thinks that everybody should have health insurance and should earn a living wage if working full time.\nAmazon more or less takes the same stance as you seem to take: They claim that they are just helping the weakest people.

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* Third, while he decries his stance as calling something "stupid" as an arrogant position, this article itself comes across as arrogant -- in effect he's positioning himself near the beginning of these companies' inception and being in the position of being asked his opinion in a taste-maker fashion.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use stance in a sentence?

Why doesn't OkCupid take a bolder stance and remove all JavaScript from their site?

What does stance mean?

standing posture

What part of speech is stance?

stance is commonly used as noun.