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stance

[stans] / stæns /


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But on Wednesday, he seemed to walk back that stance, and said a key part of the ongoing negotiations hinged on Iran ending the de facto blockade on the strait.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

"I don't have a stance on his future," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

To Jef Caers, a professor of earth and planetary sciences at Stanford University who happens to be Belgian, the museum’s stance looks like “delay tactics.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

The latest positioning data showed that funds pared back their net leverage, meaning they moved from being less aggressively long, to a more market-neutral stance.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

His pointer nose, then pointer eyes, then pointer stance locks on a squirrel up ahead.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers