stature
noun
the height of a human or animal body.
statures
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pluralof stature.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It found that shorter and taller statures require joint adjustments to achieve their preferred riding posture.
From Science Daily ● May 6, 2024
Despite similar statures, the long-arcing pop star and Pulitzer-approved rap laureate land in Seattle at slightly different junctures in their careers.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 16, 2022
And those attacks were increasingly aimed at men of higher social statures — medical professionals, lawyers, military officers, teachers and business owners.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2019
The poem features eight verses of three lines and focuses on imagery of a birdless wood, snow and "singing statures".
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2015
This highly refined coordination and cooperation must be multiplied out across eight individuals of varying statures and physiques to make the most of each individual’s strengths.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
