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View definitions for standing

standing

adjective as in permanent

Strongest match

Weak match

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As Republicans have improved their standing in the Midwest and Democrats have made headway in the Sun Belt, some states not usually considered competitive are now in play.

The AutoPilot’s bow is very wide, with lots of floatation forward, making for a very secure standing platform.

New research suggests that infanticide may be part of a strategy females use to maintain their social standing.

There’s also the potential that TikTok could lose its standing among creators, such as Charli D’Amelio, Addison Rae and Zach King, that have helped the app become so popular among teenagers and twentysomethings.

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Also, take into consideration your current financial standing before making any grand projections of your business in the future.

Hmm, who are these people standing in front of the machines at the gym, neither occupying them nor not occupying them?

However, legal issues are only one of the things standing between an ex-prisoner and a job.

Yet another video catches the sounds of the gunshots and shows Brinsley standing by the parked radio car.

He is a true advocate for human rights who has paid a horrible price for standing up against the Assad dictatorship.

Not only is he wrong—but the true patriots are the ones standing up for pluralism in America.

It is thinner than that of chronic bronchitis, and upon standing separates into three layers of pus, mucus, and frothy serum.

She looked so sweet when she said it, standing and smiling there in the middle of the floor, the door-way making a frame for her.

It separates into three layers upon standing—a brown deposit, a clear fluid, and a frothy layer.

He returned shortly, to meet his mother standing in the doorway, with pale, affrighted face.

Ollie saw someone standing before it, bending slightly forward in the pose of expectation.

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On this page you'll find 105 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to standing, such as: existing, continuing, fixed, regular, repeated, and perpetual.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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