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noun

the position or bearing of the body while standing: legs spread in a wide stance; the threatening stance of the bull.

a mental or emotional position adopted with respect to something: They assumed an increasingly hostile stance in their foreign policy.

Sports. the relative position of the feet, as in addressing a golf ball or in making a stroke.

Origin:
1525–35; < Old French estance (standing) position < Vulgar Latin *stantia, derivative of Latin stant- (stem of stāns), present participle of stāre to stand

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Jeter came to spring training to continue working on a new stance that essentially eliminates his stride.

One sign of the retrospective stance is a wave of reprints, notably a cluster of anniversary editions.

States plagued by fiscal woes rethink their stance on the death penalty.

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Jeter came to spring training to continue working on a new stance that essentially eliminates his stride.

One sign of the retrospective stance is a wave of reprints, notably a cluster of anniversary editions.

States plagued by fiscal woes rethink their stance on the death penalty.

Check the websites of your favorite stores and brands to find out their stance.

His stance on climate change probably didn't help either.

Diplomats from other countries find this no-negotiation stance worrisome.

Journalists are fired all the time for taking the wrong political stance.

London reached an all-time high, encouraged by the new government's anti-inflationary stance.

There are all kinds of ramifications to that stance.

Regardless of your stance on hunting, the lead certainly has an effect on the environment.

The categorical imperative, the formula of the moral law for humans, is a stance of self-judgment.

They have never been completely involved, having always taken a slightly isolationist stance.

But he is filled with lots of energy this i can tell by his stance.

My colleagues are sometimes less comfortable with my open stance.

It is impossible for an anti-dogma stance to be considered a dogma.

It is impossible for an anti-faith stance to be considered a faith.

So people now have thoughts about what the moral stance of a human should be.

There are other serious substantive issues with this stance as well.

The financial markets have signaled a tougher stance in the last two weeks.

Saying you don't have a theory is a theoretical stance.

His tough stance on corruption has also won him supporters.

Some therapists tend to take an observational stance whilst others take a participatory stance.

She's adopting that wide stance that is telltaleso far she doesn't act sick at all.

The small front wheel, upright position and hands-behind stance all say one thing:.

Bush's stance on education, but stands firm on other issues.

Sessions argued, that took an aggressive stance in criticizing the process of standardized testing.

Bastarian's stance is not popular with local officials, who see the proposed plantation as a source of local jobs.

For tooling around town, the car adopts a shorter, more upright stance to save space and improve visibility.

Gillibrand was on safe political ground adopting a tough stance against illegal immigration.

Adopting that stance may ingratiate you to department members in the short term, but it also demonstrates a lack of leadership.

Those who see the problem chiefly as a result of ingrained poverty, disadvantage and discrimination take a different stance.

Amidala's stance has led to repeated attempts on her life.

It's possible that some people in the nonprofit world are shifting their stance on the charitable deduction.

But the restrained stance has practical as well as political motives.

It ditches the bland forget-it-as-soon-as-you've-seen-it styling for sharp lines, deep creases and an aggressive stance.

Longmate says that he is still criticized for the stance he took and that he fears.

It has taken a more nationalistic stance on foreign investment in recent.

They have taken the stance that human-induced global warming is a sham or at best, unproven.

His stance has catapulted him from obscurity to international celebrity and also brought him death threats.

The commission's instinct seems to be to take a fairly tough stance on intra-bank lending, but its precise views are hazy.

One professor told the newspaper he agreed with her stance on the problem but questioned her tactics.

The stance of a third world country collapsed as soon as the cold war ended.

The stance taken by administration in dealing with the misconduct of the students and employees is weak to say the least.

Personal religious beliefs play no part in the sciences, whose stance is neutral on such issues.

Shireman leaving, some for-profit college leaders and lobbyists hope the department will soften its stance.

People are taking sides without even listening to the real issues involved, or even what their candidate's true stance might.

But militant stance from both camps is making matters worse.

For a while, the stance helped sell his earlier books.

It is supposed to be about the degree of bipedal stance in hominins.

The narcissistic stance of the thinker thinking about his own thoughts drives me crazy.

Thank you for offering a rational stance in the face of irrational fears and acts.

The stop work is legal once there is no active contract and the university has demonstrated its non-bargaining stance.

Whatever your stance is, the language is problematic.

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World English Dictionary

stance (stæns, stɑːns)

—n
1.	the manner and position in which a person or animal stands
2.	sport the posture assumed when about to play the ball, as in golf, cricket, etc
3.	general emotional or intellectual attitude: a leftist stance
4.	(Scot) a place where buses or taxis wait
5.	mountaineering a place at the top of a pitch where a climber can stand and belay

[C16: via French from Italian stanza place for standing, from Latin stāns, from stāre to stand]

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Word Origin & History

stance

1532, "standing place, station," probably from M.Fr. stance "resting place, harbor," from It. stanza "stopping place, station," from V.L. *stantia "place, abode," from L. stans (gen. stantis), prp. of stare "to stand," from PIE base *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Sense of "position

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of the feet" (in golf, etc.) is first recorded 1897; fig. sense of "point of view" is recorded from 1956.

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