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stand

noun as in position, opinion

verb as in be or get upright

verb as in be in force, exist

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Mr James and a colleague tried to stand them up again on 8 January.

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He sat in the shade on a makeshift stool in front of a building barely standing – its entire roof gone – unsure of what to do next.

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Just knowing your offer stands — even before they’ve planned that trip — will bring peace of mind that makes the gift worthwhile.

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In an industrial town in southern India, Naveen Kumar, 28, stands at his desk and starts his job for the day: folding hand towels hundreds of times, as precisely as possible.

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Above all, Proposition 50 has become a political ink-blot test; what many California voters see depends on, politically, where they stand.

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

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