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were stand
verb
To position or be positioned physically. To support oneself on the feet in an erect position. To rise to one's feet; to stand up. To remain motionless. To be placed in an upright or vertical orientation. To place in an upright or standing position. To occupy or hold a place; to be situated or located. To measure when erect on the feet.
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The most influential variables were stand age and the presence of precommercial thinning.
The first two example target variables were stand basal area and stand stocking density in a primary, closed canopy rainforest growing in a warm temperate climate on Yakushima Island in southern Japan (Kohyama 1986).
The main factors showing positive associations with bird richness/abundance were stand structural attributes (e.g., tree basal area) and landscape variables (e.g., proportion of broad-leaved forest) during the breeding season, whereas it was fruit availability during the non-breeding season, when migrating birds are dominant.
The president's office said the clean cut men and women in suits, ties, and heels were "stand out" millennials from around the country.
What they did need was to attend a middle school that offered them pre-algebra by the seventh grade if they were stand a chance of taking pre-calculus by their junior year in high school as has become standard for admissions to competitive colleges.
Among these 100 genes, 33 were stand alone genes without a single neighbour on the gene list.
Similar(49)
Eventually, the armed officers were stood down.
Aspired to be: Stand up comedian.
We had never been stood up before.
I am stood jammed against a bike.
"I think he should be stood aside.
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