as in stance
a general way of holding the body
had the ramrod straight attitude of a man who had spent all of his life in the military
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Recent Examples of attitude
Beyond just apartments, the conversation in many races revolved — and diverged — around candidates’ attitudes toward growth in general.
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Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2025
In his career of three decades, Bolle’s attitude to dance hasn’t changed.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 7 Nov. 2025
Carol is suspicious of the human race's collective new attitude, and sets out trying to figure out how to revert the world back to its old self, faults and all.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
The guy just has such a cool attitude about him.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for attitude
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The music industry has been racing to harness the latest developments in AI and protect its valuable catalogs, gradually shifting from a hostile approach to a more cooperative stance.—
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Trump highlighted the fight over health coverage, reiterating his opposition to extending those subsidies and insisting to his party’s lawmakers that his stance would be embraced by voters.—
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Maintaining an upright posture, press the dumbbells overhead until your elbows are almost straight.—
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The Four Freedoms were civic posture.—
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“Attitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attitude. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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