"To take a stance" means to express or adopt a definite position or opinion on a particular issue, often involving strong beliefs or views.
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We do not
take a stance on whether these desired changes were «good;» we report whether they had the desired effect.
There's an ever - growing list of companies
taking a stance against hate - speech and now the fight is being brought to the digital music industry as well.
But what publishers miss
by taking this stance with libraries is that there is no difference between borrowing an e-book and borrowing a hard copy of that book.
For that matter,
taking a stance like that, calls serious doubt about the intelligence of the person making that claim.
Online free services have
truly taken a stance for themselves, and have become something really special too.
With more and more
counties taking a stance against bad loot boxes practices, many developers have started abandoning them, for the time being at least.
I'd rather see a
film take a stance - even if it's not the one I personally subscribe to - than avoid taking one altogether.
The
therapist takes a stance of curiosity and facilitates the expansion of preferred meanings for the client, rather than offering an expert opinion on her artistic productions.
Some association
executives take the stance that the association - branded social media accounts should be used for work and that their personal accounts are just that — personal.
This is likely the cause for delay for most manufacturers, and why some seem to
take a stance against updating at all.
Too often the church has
taken a stance of concern for the world, but has understood itself as a delivered community having little ultimate stake in the fate of the world.
If the government wanted to do something for the people, how about
taking a stance on personal accountability.
Apart from it Critical analysis essay also require students to express their own opinions about the text
by taking a stance.
There are many other topic in climate change that are not concerned with attribution, which is why relatively few
explicitly take a stance.
And the AVMA
takes that stance because of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) stance on the issue: «FDA does not believe raw meat foods for animals are consistent with the goal of protecting the public from significant health risks, particularly when such products are brought into the home and / or used to feed domestic pets; however, we understand that some people prefer to feed these types of diets to their pets.»
And the White House, which wields presidential veto power, has not
yet taken a stance on either measure.
If Bezos would take action at that point, there's nothing to stop him from
taking a stance now.
The group also notes that meetings with financial regulators have gone well so far, but the Treasury Department should have met with Bitcoin supporters
before taking a stance earlier this year.
He also refrained
from taking a stance on Mr. Sharpton's march when Capital asked about it in August.
McDonald's in the United Kingdom has
already taken a stance against plastic straws, which is why the American resistance seems out of place.
However, platform technology companies
often take stances against many practices that are unsavory and harmful but otherwise legal, like verbal harassment and abuse.
«Hopefully millions of
people taking a stance on this issue through their involvement with religious communities will resonate with politicians.»
Vera Bradley recently launched a new branding call — «It's good to be a girl» —
which takes the stance that being female is an advantage.
The idea is to express an opinion or to
take a stance about something and then to support that opinion in a way that convinces the reader to see it the same way.
NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has
also taken a stance against the practice, which he thinks is inhumane and in need of reform.
Despite the threat to British Columbia's pristine wilderness, rivers and coastal communities, they
avoided taking a stance for months, missed the deadline to present evidence to the review panel, and fought to keep their own internal assessment of the project secret.