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as in dignity
high position within society
a man of standing in his community
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as in position
the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement
my standing in the class at the time of graduation
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as in static
fixed in a place or position
bought the house and all standing appliances and fixtures
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as in vertical
rising straight up
all standing timbers are in sound condition
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as in sitting
to occupy a place or location
the monument stands in the middle of the town plaza
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as in tolerating
to put up with (something painful or difficult)
I don't know how you can stand that job
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as in paying
to give what is owed for
I'll stand lunch, and you can pay me back later
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as in being
to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes
if the city's baseball team wins today, they will stand first in the league
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Recent Examples of standing
Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
The Heat remains in ninth place in the Eastern Conference standings, but pulled within one game of the eighth-place Hawks and 1.5 games of the seventh-place Magic.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2025
The crowd roared, giving the cast another standing ovation as Bong beamed with pride and took photos on his phone.
—Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2025
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The judge also said voters have legal standing to sue to have their votes be counted and given equal weight, like when a voter in a district that has a disproportionately large population has standing to challenge the apportionment.
—Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
The Heat remains in ninth place in the Eastern Conference standings, but pulled within one game of the eighth-place Hawks and 1.5 games of the seventh-place Magic.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
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—Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2025
The crowd roared, giving the cast another standing ovation as Bong beamed with pride and took photos on his phone.
—Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for standing
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Many Cambodians, particularly in the countryside, welcomed the Khmer Rouge, with its mix of hard-line communist ideology and extreme Cambodian nationalism, as liberators who promised to restore order and dignity.—
Sophal Ear,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2025
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The importance of connection and socialization is evident every day in Florida’s assisted living communities, a communal long-term care setting designed to provide seniors with a sense of dignity, independence and belonging.—
Gail Matillo,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Apr. 2025
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With 85% of the drug remaining after this period, the results indicate the depots could potentially provide drug release for significantly longer durations.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Mar. 2025
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The short-duration bonds are linked to CPI (the consumer price index), and reset every month to reflect inflation.—
Eric Rosenbaum,
CNBC,
23 Mar. 2025
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Hooper’s win over Guida and his matchup on Saturday position him to become something of a legend killer.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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How has that evolved, your position of looking on results as not necessarily successes or failures but merely outcomes?—
Staff Reports,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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If physicists could be wrong about what was left to discover, the same is true for anyone assuming their job, industry, or skills are static.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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Powering the Reverso Tribute Geographic is a brand-new movement, the hand-wound Calibre 834, which provides several notable features: Unlike on many world timer watches, the city ring on the world time display remains static, while the 24-hour ring rotates.—
Justin Fenner,
Robb Report,
1 Apr. 2025
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If both series were graphed using a single vertical axis, the (blue) intraday series would hug the horizontal axis.—
Hersh Shefrin,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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In fact, a 2024 study backed by the International Olympic Committee found that trans women who have suppressed their testosterone may face competitive disadvantages compared to cis women in some key metrics like vertical leap.—
Samantha Riedel,
Them.,
4 Apr. 2025
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Coach Doc River played the role of Secret Santa by sitting the Bucks’ two biggest stars — Giannis Antetokounmpo, who was dealing with back spasms, and Damian Lillard, who was out with a non-COVID-19 illness.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Dec. 2024
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The Rockets came into Christmas Eve riding a three-game winning streak, now sitting at 20-9 and up to second overall in the Western Conference, behind just the Oklahoma City Thunder.—
Rahat Huq,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Thank you for tolerating a strange British idiot.—
Gord Magill,
Newsweek,
21 Dec. 2024
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Instead of being about a bunch of observers helplessly tolerating their peculiar friend, the sketch became an absurd illustration of the way groupthink manifests.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
15 Dec. 2024
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Tariffs In the week ahead, investors will be buckled up and paying close attention to every twist and turn in the tariff story.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,Matthew J. Belvedere,
CNBC,
13 Apr. 2025
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Additionally, Vanguard suggests that employees in volatile and well-paying sectors should consider putting aside 6–12 months of funds, just in case of a layoff, major loss in the stock market or other Black Swan event.—
Jack Kelly,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Standing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/standing. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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