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as in positions
the place where someone is assigned to stand or remain
the soldiers remained at their station even though a huge enemy force was approaching
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as in depots
a regular stopping place
the historic house was once a station on the Underground Railroad, the network that helped slaves reach freedom in the North
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as in levels
the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement
in colonial America, women occupied the lowest station in society and were not allowed to take part in public life
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Noun
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Officers could now pursue not only the smaller pool of senior Hamas commanders, arms depots and rocket launchers that were the focus of earlier campaigns, but also thousands of low-ranking fighters as well as those indirectly involved in military matters.—
Samuel Granados,
New York Times,
26 Dec. 2024 -
Officers could now pursue not only the senior Hamas commanders, arms depots and rocket launchers that were the focus of earlier campaigns, but also the lowest-ranking fighters.—
Patrick Kingsley,
New York Times,
26 Dec. 2024
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Other Democrats have taken decidedly more combative stances.—
Anthony Izaguirre,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Dec. 2024
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Both sides cite various research studies for their contradictory stances.—
Christopher M. Worsham,
TIME,
20 Dec. 2024
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Beyond jolly attitudes among fund managers and other market participants, the phenomenon traces back to low trading volume and a lack of potentially harmful economic and earnings reports, though jolly attitudes among investors.—
Derek Saul,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
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One effective and impactful way to do this is through psychographic segmentation to group customers in a specific market or space based on defining attitudes, values or motivations.—
Emily Ketchen,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
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Moscow Railway, a branch of Russian Railways, said according to RIA Novosti that there were burning carriages at the station but that the incident was part of a fire safety drill.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
28 Dec. 2024
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The carriages have expanded legroom when compared with the current models, which are 20 years old.—
Joseph Epstein,
Newsweek,
10 Dec. 2024
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In fact, substantial variation in outcomes for college graduates exists – and the Horatio Alger myth that education opens doors to the upper echelons of society is far from true.—
Michael Collins,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
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Driven by his instincts, Fok begins to dig deeper into the case, uncovering a labyrinthine conspiracy that threads through Hong Kong’s criminal underworld and its upper echelons of power.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
23 Dec. 2024
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“Stations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stations. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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