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Free sign upThe phrase "an opposing position" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a viewpoint or argument that contrasts with another perspective.
Example: "In the debate, she presented an opposing position to the proposed policy changes, highlighting potential drawbacks."
Alternatives: "a contrasting viewpoint" or "an alternative stance."
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Meanwhile, the White House has taken an opposing position, directing that trans students be allowed to use the bathroom that matches their gender identity.
The authors of that study chalked that up to a possible boomerang effect: "an attempt to persuade resulting in the adoption of an opposing position instead". Telling a certain type of kid that he shouldn't do drugs may simply result in him trying drugs out of spite.
I would say no, but Colonel (Chaplain, U.S. Army) Retired Ron Crews has established an opposing position in his statements included in an article published this week.
An opposing position holds that these individuals actually resisted change.
However, Corbyn has made clear he respects differences over the policy within the party and could end up offering a free vote in a similar format to the Syria debate but without allowing colleagues to take an opposing position from the front bench.
It is a known fact that when sites such as CNBC take a stance, your best bet is to take an opposing position or move to the sidelines.
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(See Langsam 2000 and McDowell 1985) According to an opposed position, when an experience represents that an apple is red, it represents that it has a non-dispositional property (McGinn 1983, Johnston 1992, Boghossian and Velleman 1992).
Taking the opposing position was John Vaughn, representing the Association of American Universities (AAU).
Smith's lovely correction picks up on the idea of self-division (a country of opposing positions), and also on the idea of external contradiction: a wealthy island now bereft of political imagination, at once rich and poor.
As a synopsis of these two opposing positions, a third line emerged which integrates typological and hierarchical concepts.
Many of his colleagues say that Mr. Ashe strives to remain neutral and to find a balance between opposing positions.
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