posture

Pondering the American way of aging, Schiller initially adopts a posture of ignorance and naivete so extreme that it seems like a pose.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

When a board adopts a compliance posture without independently documenting the underlying risk, it’s called a failure to exercise the duty of care.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

I’ve long sympathized with the argument that a large U.S. commitment to the European theater is an anachronism in our security posture, a throwback to 20th-century geopolitics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

The Bank of Japan, too, has changed its posture.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

She sported the set jaw and formidably upright posture that every Swanburne graduate learned in a required class called A Swanburne Girl Knows How to Make Her Point.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

Fish seeking cleaning services often use predictable postures, such as headstands or tail stands.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 20, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

Yu Ji’s cement sculptures take the shape of contorted human bodies—not uncomfortable but limberly twisted and folded—that are missing limbs; their contrasting materials and postures at once suggest permanence and evanescence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 18, 2025

Géricault created the impression of motion through contrasting the postures of his figures.

From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell

"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

“I can tell you right now with full certainty, we are not postured to, nor do we intend or expect to take any military action in Venezuela at any time.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026

“As announced in September 2023, the Department of Defense is postured to provide robust enabling support for the MSS, including planning assistance, information sharing, airlift, communications, and medical support,” Southern Command said.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2024

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

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

It’s also possible that the hints about export controls are diplomatic posturing by the Chinese government, intended to discourage the U.S. from imposing any restrictions on its technological freedoms.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

After last week’s debate, there was lots of social media posturing about who won and who trolled whom the best.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026

Bragging, threatening, and posturing are all frowned upon.

From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2026

"Do you know what? I might have just been posturing in that interview, 'cos I'm terrified of stuff like that," she says.

From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2026

After years of threats and insane posturing, it’s Fox’s early cancellation of Bunker that provokes North Korea’s supreme leader to action.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson