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Israeli officials have countered that their stance is a response to the security threat posed by Palestinian militants.

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  1. noun The attitude or position of a standing person or animal, especially the position assumed by an athlete preparatory to action. See Synonyms at posture.
  2. noun Mental posture; point of view: "Peru ... has also toughened its stance toward foreign investors” (Abraham F. Lowenthal).

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  • He spoke with a drawl not natural with him and the ease of his stance was assumed. —  Flowers for the Judge - Margery Allingham - Campion 07 - 1937
  • Analysts have wondered whether this stance is a product of changes in her own views, or of the demands of being a senator from New York, whose disproportionately Jewish population tends to be pro-Israel. —  Global Issues News Headlines
  • Miller's sole justification for his stance is that he personally finds the ... —  Columbia Missourian: Latest Articles
  • I believe that Paul spoke out against homosexuality because he had cultural support for his stance, and did not speak out against slavery for the same reason. —  open source theology - Comments
  • I believe that their stance was a reflection of the Bush economic philosophy, cater to the already well off and to heck with the worker in the trenches. —  Knox
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posture ·  pose ·  attitude ·  crouch ·  demeanor ·  perspective ·  viewpoint ·  strategy ·  stride ·  outlook ·  behavior ·  response

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stance:   stances
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  1. French, position, from Italian stanza, from Vulgar Latin *stantia, from Latin stāns, stant-, present participle of stāre, to stand; see stā- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also staunce; from Old French stance, estance, a station, situation, condition, also a stanchion, = Provencal estansa, station, condition, = Spanish Portuguese estancia, a dwelling, = Italian stanza, a station, stanza, etc., from Middle Latin stantia, a chamber, a house, literally a standing, from Latin stan(t-)s, present participle of stare, stand: see stand. Cf. stanza.
  2. from stance, n.
 

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