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: the position of the feet of a golfer or batter preparatory to making a swing
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: the position of both body and feet from which an athlete starts or operates
Examples of stance in a Sentence
a slightly aggressive stance
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The footage had a date banner reading March 27, but its release Sunday perhaps signals Moscow’s unchanged stance ahead of any future talks.
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Caitlin Danaher, CNN Money, 18 May 2025
There’s fashion, there’s political stances, there’s team chemistry, there’s parenting.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 18 May 2025
Rallying Europe around a tougher stance on Iran is a clear, achievable step toward shaping history in the right direction -- and sending a message that chaos has consequences.
—Jacob Olidort, National Review, 17 May 2025
Trump campaigned on a hard-line immigration stance, pledging to carry out the largest mass deportation in U.S. history.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 May 2025
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Caitlin Danaher, CNN Money, 18 May 2025
There’s fashion, there’s political stances, there’s team chemistry, there’s parenting.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 18 May 2025
Rallying Europe around a tougher stance on Iran is a clear, achievable step toward shaping history in the right direction -- and sending a message that chaos has consequences.
—Jacob Olidort, National Review, 17 May 2025
Trump campaigned on a hard-line immigration stance, pledging to carry out the largest mass deportation in U.S. history.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 May 2025
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“Stance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stance. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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