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English word

standing

C1Frequent NGSL-1
UK /ˈstændɪŋ/US /ˈstændɪŋ/
adjective

done from a position in which you are standing rather than sitting or running

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Han Kang's Nobel Prize Banquet Speech (2024) video example

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All these people standing with me, shoulder to shoulder, and all those people across the way were living as an 'I' in their own right.

Han Kang's Nobel Prize Banquet Speech (2024)

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They made every day, so I could go from singing in coffeehouses to standing up here with you all today, because no words would ever be enough.

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and I suspect at least some of you had to deal with the great embarrassment of standing up during a Zoom call, forgetting that you are wearing only your pajama pants.

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