Definitions
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- verb Present participle of
position . - noun The act of
positioning ;placement .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective causing to fall into line or into position
- noun the act of putting something in a certain place
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Examples
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The term positioning indicates the place the brand or product occupies in a given market.
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I mean, right now we are in what I call the positioning stage.
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I am, the stronger everything else comes and my positioning is a lot stronger.
USATODAY.com 2003
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This kind of positioning is very meaningful to people, maybe more so than many editors believe.
Street Life 1999
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This kind of positioning is very meaningful to people, maybe more so than many editors believe.
Street Life 1999
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Asset Strategy's long-term performance has been strong, Mr. McDevitt wrote, but he added that its defensive moves to avoid losses look "aggressive," noting that "rapid shifts in positioning leave the fund vulnerable to getting whipsawed by the market, as it's very difficult to consistently anticipate the market's short-term movements."
'Little' Fallout at Waddell Jenny Strasburg 2010
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His proposal for adverbs positioning is very interesting and very much referred to in the literature.
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In 2006, Paulson & Co. indicated its interest in positioning itself for a decline in housing prices.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » The Argument for More Regulation 2010
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The role of ideological positioning is often overstated in American politics -- presidential elections are largely driven by the economy, and Congressional outcomes are closely related to the number of seats held by the president's party, whether it is a midterm election, and the state of the economy.
Brendan Nyhan: The fallacy of insufficient extremism Brendan Nyhan 2010
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Government and Fed policies are again positioning us on the precipice of the next economic disaster.
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