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a general way of holding the body had the ramrod straight attitude of a man who had spent all of his life in the military

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Recent Examples of attitude But they’re also known for their style, their attitude, their mystique: Didion, with her undersize body, her oversize sunglasses, her Pall Malls and Stingrays and migraines, and Tartt, looking like a female Sebastian Flyte, comporting herself like a southern J.D. Salinger. Lili Anolik, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024 Eric Siddall, a Los Angeles country prosecutor and former DA candidate who ran against his boss, said there has been a shift in attitudes about criminal justice. Louis Casiano, Fox News, 6 Nov. 2024 Exit polls measure voter attitudes about a range of topics and provide more detailed demographic data about elections. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024 Read the full analysis here. 2:03 Broad economic discontent and sharp divisions about the nation’s future mark voter attitudes nationally in ABC News' preliminary exit poll results. ABC News, 5 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for attitude 

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“Attitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attitude. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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