Might and Standing

Might

Might noun - The ability to exert effort for the accomplishment of a task.

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Standing and might are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Standing" instead a noun "Might".

Standing noun - High position within society.

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Might and standing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Might" instead a noun "Standing".

Nearby Word: stand

human	human might	human standing
full	full might	full standing
sufficient	sufficient might	sufficient standing
relative	relative might	relative standing
Other adjectives: black, personal, former, greater, random, double, economic, financial.

Not commonly used in Western schools because kids might take the opportunity to wander about the school instead of standing in one place (and some might even consider it a reward, not a punishment).

Source: Standing in the Hall
Some might consider it a Book End that when L dies, Light is shown standing over him, and in the anime ending, Light sees an apparition or ghost of L standing over him when Light dies.

Source: Book Ends / Anime and Manga
Whatever one might think of those votes, standing on your principles like that takes big brass ones (whatever those ones might be).

Source: Iron Lady

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