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posture

noun

ˈpäs-chər

Definition of posture

as in stance

a general way of holding the body a good upright posture will prevent backaches

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as in situation

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

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Recent Examples of posture When pushed or kicked, RP1 rapidly adjusted its posture and recovered its balance. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026 Pay Attention to Posture Poor posture and form can make walking harder. — Jenessa Connor, HEALTH, 5 Oct. 2026 Abdulsalam was bullish on a strike toward Sanaa in the future, a move that would mark a radical departure from the anti-Houthi coalition’s largely defensive posture. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026 Mogwai, who would make their debut the year after Beat was released and with whom Bowery Electric would share a bill, would crouch in similarly unassuming and tense postures and use them to spring out and scare the bejeezus out of people. — Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for posture

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Noun

Mamdani has long defended his stance, saying criticism of Israel is distinct from antisemitism.

— Senior Editor, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
In addition to rewards for moving at the right speed and in the right direction and penalties for things like wobbling or jerky movement, the team introduced a novel way to keep the hand in a crawling stance during the simulated training.

— Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of stance

Noun

Now, the aging superstar finds himself in an awkward situation where no one wants to be – overstaying his welcome like that uncle at Thanksgiving or Christmas who can’t read the room.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026
When a call is overturned, Baseball Savant measures the difference in run expectancy between the situation before the pitch/challenge and the situation after the call is flipped.

— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of situation

Noun

But coming off the back of that, there was all of this legislation that was pretty awful and generally, there were a lot of homophobic attitudes, still quite extreme, even as late as the 1990s.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026
Saudi Arabia has suffered fewer attacks than Gulf neighbours, its airspace has mostly stayed open, and the kingdom has projected a business-as-usual attitude.

— Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of attitude

Noun

According to a handful of NFL scouts, Arch Manning’s status as a top-10 pick is secure, based in part on his last name.

— Mac Engel October 10, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Oct. 2026
Looking back at developments in the Hong Kong film industry since the ‘70s, Hui also talked about the changing status of female filmmakers.

— Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2026

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