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posture

[pos-cher] / ˈpɒs tʃər /




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Its formless body accommodated slouching, lounging or lying down, selling freedom from both conventional posture and the bourgeois living room.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

However, "a general pause or deliberate slowdown in AI development remains outside the mainstream Chinese policy posture," Oxford China Policy Lab analysts wrote in September.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

They help us carry shopping, lift objects and maintain posture, all of which support independence.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

Wing Cdr Ian Hart, who commands 29 Squadron, said the change in posture was "a recognition that the threat can come to us very, very easily in today's world".

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Cardan lifts his head, and his whole posture stiffens as though some uncomfortable truth just came home to him.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

“Power Ballad” postures like a sincere drama but has the set pieces of a giant slapstick farce.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

In a transformation this fundamental, those defensive postures carry real costs.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 18, 2025

Taylor’s playfully and energetically animated group activities handsomely frame his leading man and woman, for whom he created postures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025

She said there appeared to be no helpful visual images of "safe" versus "unsafe" postures for babies in slings or carriers, adding that "the NHS available literature provides no guidance or advice".

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2025

Truly effective nuclear bluffing, however, includes occasional postures of irrationality, a distancing from the horrors of nuclear war.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

“Southern California is very uniquely postured to help NASA,” Glover said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

"These movements ensured that US forces remain postured, protected and ready to respond decisively for any emerging threat," he said.

From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026

Mr Austin told the committee in his opening statement that there has been a review of the chain of command process, saying the "system must be postured better" so this does not happen again.

From BBC ● Feb. 29, 2024

“Guardians, along with the rest of the services and joint force, are currently postured to deter and, if required, defeat these potential threats,” the report said, without elaborating.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 18, 2023

With some you postured and with some you groveled and with some you were imperious.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

And that’s where the series’ high-value content plays out—not in the battles, not in the political posturing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Adam Posen, the president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, said Bessent’s posturing was ill-advised.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

In this light, posturing as sympathetic is an empty gesture, meant to encourage women into motherhood without actually helping them survive it intact.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

"This isn't about political posturing," Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo, a Republican, said Monday.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

I’m not afraid: That’s really all I wanted to be able to say, and to say it without posturing.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely




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