How to Use stance in a Sentence
stance
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One of the main issues is the cowardly stance of the NHL.
—Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2023
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Stand in a staggered stance in the middle of the station.
—Brett Williams, Men's Health, 7 Dec. 2022
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Standing outside of the gray storm, above all the small trees—is this the right stance to take?
—Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 4 Dec. 2024
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After this happens, traders need to wait for the RSI to pop above 30 to take a bullish stance.
—Nishant Pant, CNBC, 30 July 2024
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But that could change quickly due to the Fed’s hawkish stance.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2022
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That stance is at odds with efforts in states across the country.
—Eddie Pells, Anchorage Daily News, 20 June 2022
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The city of Austin declined to take a stance on the bill in response to a question from the Statesman.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
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The Collective isn’t the only group with a bullish stance.
—Robert Gray, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2024
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The world changed and so did the U.S. stance on the merits of the pact, not to mention global trade itself.
—Diane Brady, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
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Change begins with you, and having the courage to take a stance will prompt others to join you.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
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As the World Cup drew closer, though, the hard-line stance started to soften.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2023
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Has the business with Grady softened their stance on him at all?
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 20 June 2025
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But in the last year and a half, some workers say there has been a shift away from that proactive stance.
—Sarah Ellison, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
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The move illustrates the state's shift over the last decade to a tougher stance on immigrants.
—Natalia Jaramillo, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2025
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While the focus on niche subcultures, like The Muppets, add to the silliness of the stance.
—Callum Booth, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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Torres had a narrow stance with a huge leg kick in eighth grade.
—Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2025
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The uneven play led to most voters changing their stance on the top team in the country.
—Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 11 Sep. 2022
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On this play, LSU showed blitz with both linebackers in a rushing stance.
—Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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This is thanks, in large part, to the designer’s stance on neckwear: the bigger, the better.
—Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 25 Aug. 2023
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Maybe the other person has a good reason for their stance; maybe not.
—Mark C. Perna, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
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Pro-life groups have been sharply critical of O'Rourke's stance on the issue.
—Fox News, 1 Sep. 2022
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Billie has been open about her stance in the fight for reproductive rights in the past.
—Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 21 July 2022
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In the weeks since, Messick has doubled down on his initial stance.
—Jenavieve Hatch, Sacramento Bee, 22 May 2024
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Clearly, Ro has changed his stance based on pressure from the party.
—John Woolfolk, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024
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The labels for the show are on the floor, prompting viewers to take the same downcast stance as the hooded figure.
—Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Jan. 2022
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The county's stance has revived a dispute that could lead to a lawsuit.
—AZCentral.com, 31 Oct. 2022
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That means that when golfers face an uneven stance on the screen, the swing plate will move under their feet to replicate the slope of the terrain.
—Shaun Tolson, Robb Report, 3 May 2022
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Hoge looks at the dimensions of each steer, height and width, and pays special attention to the stance.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Feb. 2025
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As was the case with Japan, interest rates turned out to be a highly misleading indicator of the stance of monetary policy.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2025
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This continued disruption to the flow of the cricket season perhaps explains why even the cash windfall that has just landed will not soften the stance of the competition’s arch-critics.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
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