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[stand-point] / ˈstændˌpɔɪnt /


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"We want to understand all the elements that help make up the human brain to understand what makes us unique from an evolutionary standpoint," Dr. Polleux said.

From Science Daily Sep. 1, 2026

In a subsequent phone call, he apologized and said, “It’s easy to look at this from a policy standpoint and an economic standpoint, but it’s affecting real people on a massive scale.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

“From a player standpoint, how you feel, it’s so important it’s like life or death,” Harbaugh said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

“Historically it was a sector that was very pedestrian from an organic-growth standpoint, and what we’ve seen is a real transformation in terms of the ability of companies to build stuff,” said the portfolio manager.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

We’d pick out a passage from the Bible and examine it from a literary standpoint.

From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose

The constitutional court said back in 2001 that "as time passes, the relative importance of standpoints and positions of people in a totalitarian state certainly has not vanished, but it has definitely decreased".

From Barron's Feb. 20, 2026

"From a portfolio and focus standpoints, it makes sense to drop them and concentrate on higher-volume products like the Model 3 and Model Y, along with other business expansion bets," Caldwell added.

From BBC Jan. 28, 2026

"From medical and economic standpoints, therefore, it seems reasonable to give these patients a CSF analysis in the first instance unless there are specific medical reasons to indicate otherwise," says Brendel.

From Science Daily Nov. 25, 2024

Some ResumeBuilder etiquette survey respondents mentioned other topics of interest, including “what conversation isn’t acceptable,” that “discussion of political standpoints and/or religion is discouraged” and that every person should be treated “equally and fairly.”

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 16, 2024

From legal and political standpoints, what happened to Emmett Till was all but swept under the rug for almost fifty years.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry




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