as in height
the distance of something or someone from bottom to top a man of surprisingly great stature

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Recent Examples of stature Despite the latter song's towering stature in the Beatles' discography and in the rock canon, McCartney and Starr have performed it together just a handful of times. Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2024 Some have expressed concern about O’Neil’s stature at 6-foot and 195 pounds and how that will translate in the Big Ten. Jesse Temple, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024 Carter defended the book as well as his meetings with Hamas, which critics argued enhanced the stature of the militant group that the U.S. and Israel consider a terrorist organization. Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024 Image That pride is tied to García Márquez’s stature in Colombia — and the importance of this book, in particular. Annie Correal, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for stature 

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“Stature.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stature. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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