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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 law firm suggests that, as in many other fields, patent filing has become more of a necessary defensive posture than a useful promise of future gain. Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 26 Feb. 2025 His lack of experience, coupled with his — and Director Kash Patel's — starkly partisan posture, has exacerbated concerns of the FBI becoming Trump's private security force while led by MAGA loyalists. Avery Lotz, Axios, 24 Feb. 2025 Pain in his back and neck and trouble with posture can be traced to years of drumming, Nic said, revealing his father had undergone a major neck surgery. Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025 Each reactive and proactive data point gets reflected in the customer’s overall security posture rating and informs what the MDR provider recommends next. Manoj Srivastava, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for posture
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Noun
  • Christian Walker aggravating his left oblique Wednesday afternoon opened myriad possibilities for general manager Dana Brown and manager Joe Espada, two men who’ve taken clear stances on promoting prospects.
    Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Moreover, the policy maintains a cost-neutral stance for any potential future Bitcoin acquisitions, ensuring the government does not expand its balance sheet purely for speculative purposes.
    Christian Catalini, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Like a chameleon, the 5-foot-6 senior has the uncanny ability to adapt to any opponent, game situation or even time of year.
    Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
  • In these more painful situations, a topical corticosteroid can be rubbed onto the canker to soothe the area.
    Matt Fuchs, TIME, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The volatility the markets just experienced oftentimes marks a turn in investor attitudes.
    Robert Barone, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Such attitudes disregard the hard realities of life in the United States for certain Americans.
    K. Ward Cummings, Baltimore Sun, 2 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The Texas Department of State Health Services updated its website with the new numbers Tuesday afternoon and said the majority of the cases are in unvaccinated individuals or those whose vaccination status is unknown, with 80 unvaccinated and 74 of unknown status.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 4 Mar. 2025
  • At this time, the containment status is unknown and the cause of the fire remains undetermined.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacramento Bee, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • That day, Roberts praised what Counsell’s deal would mean for the market for managers throughout the sport.
    Fabian Ardaya, The Athletic, 7 Mar. 2025
  • If a deal can be closed with DiCaprio, the biggest priority at this point, sources say a shoot could be underway this summer.
    Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2025

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“Posture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/posture. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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