as in perspective
a way of looking at or thinking about something
I never thought about it from that standpoint before
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Recent Examples of standpoint
My education and work experience also gives me a unique perspective to analyze projects and proposals from a fiscal as well as community partner standpoint.
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Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
His initial testing from a concussion standpoint is favorable.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2025
From a pure gaming standpoint, AMD's pricier card is the better option, particularly for playing at resolutions above 1080p.
—PC Magazine, 19 Apr. 2025
From a roster standpoint, those relationships immediately paid off, with the Lakers having multiple players on their roster who Redick was teammates with before retiring: Luka Doncic, Dorian Finney-Smith, Jaxson Hayes, Maxi Kleber and Shake Milton.
—Khobi Price, Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2025
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Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
His initial testing from a concussion standpoint is favorable.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2025
From a pure gaming standpoint, AMD's pricier card is the better option, particularly for playing at resolutions above 1080p.
—PC Magazine, 19 Apr. 2025
From a roster standpoint, those relationships immediately paid off, with the Lakers having multiple players on their roster who Redick was teammates with before retiring: Luka Doncic, Dorian Finney-Smith, Jaxson Hayes, Maxi Kleber and Shake Milton.
—Khobi Price, Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for standpoint
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Why is broadening this perspective to more languages and cultures important?—
Reece Rogers,
Wired News,
23 Apr. 2025
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The books reimagine the Holmes canon through the perspective of Enola, a creation entirely of Springer's imagination, and not part of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's original works.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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Harvard University took the extraordinary step of suing the Trump administration on April 21, 2025, claiming that the pressure campaign mounted on the school by the president and his Cabinet to force viewpoint diversity on campus violated the Constitution’s guarantees of free speech.—
Daniel Hall,
The Conversation,
24 Apr. 2025
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This audit shall be performed and the same steps taken to establish viewpoint diversity every year during the period in which reforms are being implemented, which shall be at least until the end of 2028. Reforming Programs with Egregious Records of Antisemitism or Other Bias.—
Kayla Jimenez,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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In its commercial market outlook for 2024 to 2043, Boeing anticipated making 8,830 deliveries to China, accounting for around 20 percent of all global deliveries over this period.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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That has helped stabilize the worst of the sell-off in the China equity market, and bolsters the outlook for A-shares that are traded on Chinese exchanges as opposed to H-shares that are traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, according to Goldman Sachs.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Standpoint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/standpoint. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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