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The Latin verb ponere, meaning "to put" or "to place," had a role in putting quite a few English terms into place, including component, dispose, expose, impose, oppose, posit, position, positive, postpone, and, yes, posture. The past participle of ponere—positus—gave Latin the noun positura, which has the same meaning as the English noun posture. Positura passed through Italian and Middle French and was finally adopted by English speakers as posture in the late 16th century. The verb posture later developed from the noun, finding its place in English at around the midpoint of the 17th century.
Examples of posture in a Sentence
Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
Regulation and Musk There’s more transparency, though, around how Musk stands to benefit from Trump’s regulatory posture.
—David Ingram, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
Marc Emmer, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Virtue-signaling corporations postured and threatened the state, and Major League Baseball even pulled the All-Star Game.
—The Editors, National Review, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Posture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/posture. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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