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as in confident
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as in braced
to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally
the disgraced business executive poised herself for the difficult press conference
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as in hovered
to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air
the falcon poised in the air for an instant before diving to attack its prey
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Recent Examples of poised
Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
Players must remain poised, balanced and consider their moves deeply.
—Eduardo Tansley, The Athletic, 23 Nov. 2024
Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Conclusion The role of AI and ML in financial risk management is poised to expand as technology advances and digitalization increases.
—Piyush Ranjan, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
The third movement, played very straight and poised, was persuasively spooky, its ending a haunting braid of hymn, klezmerlike cafe music and funereal march.
—Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
Players must remain poised, balanced and consider their moves deeply.
—Eduardo Tansley, The Athletic, 23 Nov. 2024
Verb
There are no less than three Canadian teams poised to make a run at the Stanley Cup.
—Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Conclusion The role of AI and ML in financial risk management is poised to expand as technology advances and digitalization increases.
—Piyush Ranjan, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poised
Adjective
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Leithauser left Dessner’s studio confident that This Side of the Island was ready to be released.—
Frank DiGiacomo,
Billboard,
10 Mar. 2025
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Coming off the back of a 7-1 win against PSV in the Champions League, Arsenal would have felt confident beating its traditional rival United, which has continued to struggle this season.—
Ben Church,
CNN,
10 Mar. 2025
Verb
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At exactly noon on New Year’s Day, about 20 people braced their feet against the silty shore of Lake Natoma, hopping and fidgeting to warm themselves.—
Annika Merrilees,
Sacramento Bee,
1 Jan. 2025
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Trinidad and Tobago declared a state of emergency on Monday as the government braced for reprisal shootings after an attempt on a gang leader’s life, officials said.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
30 Dec. 2024
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Temperatures in the city hovered around the upper-30s on Friday, with a major drop in the forecast predicted for the weekend.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
20 Dec. 2024
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Earlier in the week, the digital asset touched a fresh all-time high of $108,000 and hovered around $102,000 on Thursday.—
Brian Evans,Sean Conlon,
CNBC,
19 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Unexpected challenges, such as economic disruptions or global crises, require leaders to remain composed and responsive.—
Dr. Sharon H. Porter,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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The 17-year-old, composed and well prepared, rattled off data about the need for youth involvement in civic decision-making.—
Mará Rose Williams,
Kansas City Star,
28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The neutral material keeps it from looking like an eye sore and can be expanded for more hanging space as needed.—
Micaela Arnett,
Rolling Stone,
10 Jan. 2024
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This playful hanging figure will give your trick-or-treaters and guests a laugh instead of a fright.—
Wendy Vazquez,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Sep. 2023
Verb
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At some campuses, administrators got tough with the protesters, cleared out the sprawling encampments and disciplined or even arrested the student demonstrators who occupied and fortified them.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes,
8 Dec. 2024
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Doors should be fortified, and homes may have safe rooms designed to be impenetrable.—
Ethan Baron,
The Mercury News,
7 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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What’s even more revolting is that too many people are apparently unperturbed by this.—
Eli Amdur,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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But at the Capitol on Tuesday, four years later, Hawley appeared unperturbed by Trump’s decision to issue a blanket pardon to around 1,500 people who were charged over their actions on Jan. 6, 2021, and commute the sentences for 14 people who were found guilty for their role in organizing the riot.—
Daniel Desrochers,
Kansas City Star,
22 Jan. 2025
Verb
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While the San Francisco Giants have been floated as a potential threat to steal Alonso from the Mets, could the Seattle Mariners be another one?—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
4 Jan. 2025
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The country also hopes about 10 percent of the digital nomads who flock to the country will remain there, the Taipei Times reported last year when the idea was first floated.—
Alison Fox,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Jan. 2025
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“Poised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poised. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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