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
• 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
• 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
• For years, Kohelet quietly churned out position papers, trying to nudge government policy in a more libertarian direction.
  — Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2023
• The council's resolution and accompanying position paper detailing further information and history on this topic can be found at pwsrcac.org.
  — Robert Archibald, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Mar. 2018

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