How to Use position paper in a Sentence

position paper

noun
  • The book turns out to be a position paper on hot rodding, too, and getting fast cars off the street and onto the drag strip.
    Mark Mahaney, Smithsonian, 10 July 2019
  • The New Deal was invented in response to the emergency of the Depression rather than derived from off-the-shelf position papers.
    Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 16 Mar. 2020
  • June’s disastrous election forced a rethink and a series of position papers came in its wake.
    Simon Kennedy, Bloomberg.com, 21 Sep. 2017
  • Second, a statement on the CDC website about the importance of kids going back to school that reads more like a position paper than a public health analysis.
    Claudia Wallis, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2020
  • The first position papers will address inflation and jobs.
    Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 25 July 2023
  • An early draft of a British government position paper, published by The Guardian on Wednesday, typically caused a furor.
    Steven Erlanger, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2017
  • Overall, however, his speech seemed almost a position paper for China at age 70.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2019
  • A lot of people here in the Twin Cities believe this was an issue with Woodbury homes, but Woodbury was simply the one city who was bold enough to put out a position paper questioning the viability of stucco.
    Reuben Saltzman, Star Tribune, 11 Aug. 2020
  • Over the summer, 10 Downing Street issued a raft of position papers — which were criticized for being written in such purposeful vagueness as to be nearly opaque.
    William Booth, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2017
  • All of Biden’s position papers—whether on health care, taxation, government spending, or even foreign policy—should therefore be seen as works-in-progress.
    Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 16 Mar. 2020
  • By late July, the Warren campaign had released 29 position papers on topics ranging from banning private prisons to doubling the size of the Foreign Service.
    Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Three days later, China released a position paper on Ukraine that laid out a dozen broad principles for a political settlement to the conflict.
    Bonny Lin, Foreign Affairs, 17 May 2023
  • In May, the WHO released a position paper and implementation strategy to enable the expansion of kangaroo mother care around the world.
    Gary Darmstadt, STAT, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The South African Reserve Bank is still developing a position paper on crypto-currencies.
    Neil Shaw, Fox News, 16 July 2018
  • But my hunch is that personal attributes and personal stories will matter far more to Democratic primary voters than the fine print in position papers.
    Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 13 Sep. 2019
  • Yet the authority of the esteemed doctors group and its position paper helped cement an alternative cause of death that defense attorneys for police argued in court.
    Markian Hawryluk, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2023
  • During the March 12 village board meeting, trustees discussed a position paper from the Illinois Municipal League regarding a proposal that would lower the threshold for home rule status.
    Steve Schering, chicagotribune.com, 28 Mar. 2018
  • But China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment unveiled a new position paper yesterday that observers say shows little progress—or may even be a step backward.
    Jean Chemnick, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2019
  • The administration reviewed the position paper, available to read here, and provided comments.
    Robin Goist, cleveland, 6 July 2020
  • Beijing, which is nominally neutral on Russia’s war with Ukraine, recently issued its position paper on the conflict, itemizing a 12-point peace plan that could settle matters.
    Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2023
  • No formal announcement, no position papers had been prepared; significant cabinet officers, such as the secretaries of Defense and State, were caught off-guard, as were his party leaders in the Congress.
    Elizabeth Drew, The New Republic, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Even so, in a national position paper, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists warned of the consequences for women's care.
    John Schmid, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2018
  • The conservation society has developed an evolving position paper arguing that the story of the 1960 lunch counter integration should be told at both locations.
    Scott Huddleston, ExpressNews.com, 7 Dec. 2020
  • One group’s executive director will soon release a position paper advising departments throughout the state not to follow Dekmar’s lead.
    Jamie Thompson, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Oct. 2021
  • However, China's position paper did not acknowledge that Russia was the aggressor.
    Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 2 Apr. 2023
  • In an interview with Chinese state news agency Xinhua released ahead of his visit, Lukashenko is cited as saying the position paper was a testimony to China’s peaceful foreign policy and a new and original step that would have a far-reaching impact.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Actually, in comparison to the Chinese position paper, Minsk II was quite an elaborate and detailed peace proposal.
    Foreign Affairs, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The environment ministry published a position paper listing 12 key objectives required to reduce nuclear risk even further.
    Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Political pros and pundits obsess about ideology and position papers; often average voters decide based more on mood and attitude.
    Gerald F. Seib, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2020
  • Adding to their concerns is a March 2017 position paper, written by a now former employee, that recommended eliminating all athletic programs to free up money for educational programs.
    Anne Ryman, The Arizona Republic, 10 July 2020

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