- present participle of position.
positioning
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The company expects to generate more than 3 billion euros in sales from the data-center market this year, and said that it is positioning itself to enable the next generation of AI data centers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Global equity positioning continued to weaken as investors adopted a more defensive stance, the U.S. bank says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
"Hedge funds had spent recent weeks climbing back aboard the technology trade, with positioning rebuilding toward levels seen before the summer washout," said Stephen Innes at Quintex Intel.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Equity trading strategy tends to focus on short-term market mechanics, positioning and execution, as opposed to the bank’s more fundamental macro-led equity strategy.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
They hadn’t seen me coming down the hallway, so I pressed my back to the wall and crept closer, positioning myself around the corner.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
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