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plural of stance

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a general way of holding the body a slightly aggressive stance

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Recent Examples of stances The future of data center opposition With Pennsylvania’s gubernatorial election coming up next month, candidates’ stances on data center development could further scramble traditional partisan divides. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026 Governments around the world are hardening their AI stances as more agentic hacks breach critical systems. — J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026 Differing stances over the war in Gaza and antisemitism are central to that split, and to this by-election. — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026 People wanted to bring back certain kinds of haircuts and stances and leather jackets. — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 5 Oct. 2026 She's been called a Republican in Name Only, or a RINO, over her political stances. — Saige Miller, NPR, 4 Oct. 2026 An OutKick reporter pressed both White and Fire coach Alex Sarama on their stances on whether biological males should be allowed to compete in women's sports. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026 However, several Democrats, especially those in red-leaning districts, seem to be changing their messaging and backtracking on pro-transgender stances in their latest campaign ads. — Mackenzie Chase, The Washington Examiner, 29 Sep. 2026 Donalds and Jolly both declined to clarify their stances about guns on campus when reached by the Times. — Romy Ellenbogen Herald, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026

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Mogwai, who would make their debut the year after Beat was released and with whom Bowery Electric would share a bill, would crouch in similarly unassuming and tense postures and use them to spring out and scare the bejeezus out of people.

— Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2026
Alice and Gemma really don’t seem to get along, and neither seems inclined to back down from their hostile postures.

— Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2026

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