as in height
the distance of something or someone from bottom to top a man of surprisingly great stature

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Recent Examples of stature Alice Stebbins Wells was a reserved and kindly woman, small and slight in stature. Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Mar. 2025 Spanning the globe, from Mongolia to Australia, Cameroon to Lebanon, the selection underscores the festival’s rising stature as a truly international platform for documentary cinema and a key meeting point for industry professionals. Lise Pedersen, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025 Another agreed that the pants are flattering on short statures, adding that the material feels soft and looks good when worn with the brand’s matching funnel neck sweatshirt. Megan Schaltegger, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025 Rema’s towering stature in the genre is evidenced by the massive shows his fans flock to, from headlining London’s famed O2 Arena in 2023 to concerts for more than 25,000 homegrown fans in Lagos and Abuja in December, or his homecoming in Benin City last August that brought out 20,000 people. Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stature

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“Stature.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stature. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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