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position with regard to conditions and circumstances claims that the country's defense posture is weak

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Recent Examples of posture The Houthis have said the change in posture is a response to a fragile ceasefire agreement taking hold in Gaza. Shannon K. Kingston, ABC News, 22 Jan. 2025 Sticking to the current policy of strategic ambiguity is the best posture. Meredith Wolf Schizer, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025 At times, this posture will derive from prolonged oversight, as was true here. Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025 To avoid straining your muscles from bad posture, try sitting and standing straight and keeping all your joints at a 90-degree angle. Kelly Burch, Verywell Health, 15 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for posture 
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Noun
  • Sometimes, an opponent can go between the legs, hesitate, then uncork a crossover to shift Bridges out of his defensive stance and get a straight line drive to the rim.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Offensive lineman Jim Tyrer often posed with a stance that underscored his dominance in the trenches, while fullback Gene Thomas embodied the team’s strength and versatility.
    Monty Davis, Kansas City Star, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Reflecting on the details of his near-fatal overdose in 2015, the former NBA star shared on The Kyle & Jackie O Show on Monday, January 20, how one drink spiraled into a life-or-death situation.
    Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Eventually, her parents reached a better place, but the situation left a fracture.
    Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Regarding distribution prospects in India, Churi expressed optimism about changing audience attitudes.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Jan. 2025
  • My jokes are Mike Franks’, my attitude is Mike Franks.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 25 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • If your goal is to build a unicorn, don’t waste energy and resources chasing first mover status or merely achieving a product-market fit.
    Dileep Rao, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Because the local agencies taking the count across the country do not ask for immigration status, homeless numbers ballooned in a handful of states that took in tens of thousands of immigrants, and those states, in turn, pushed the national number to an unprecedented high of nearly 772,000.
    Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2025
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  • The Giants signed Rogers to the three-year deal before the 2023 season.
    C. Trent Rosecrans, The Athletic, 30 Jan. 2025
  • The Prime Video deal comes as Lionsgate continues to license the studio’s annual portfolio of feature films, its TV slate, its Starz original programming and the wide sale of media content to broadcast, cable, SVOD, AVOD and FAST platforms worldwide.
    Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2025

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“Posture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/posture. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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