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View definitions for standing

standing

adjective as in permanent

Strongest match

Weak match

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“If you lack legal standing to contest a will, the judge in the New York probate court will not hear your petition to contest the will.”

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In other words, he could grind through them with minimal risk to his own standing.

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This gives Martin strong standing when he asks artists to try a similar approach.

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They can also try standing in line overnight.

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But standing in their way is 71-year-old Sliwa, a Guardian Angel and subway vigilante who cemented his place in city lore after surviving five gunshot wounds in an alleged mob hit in 1992.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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