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second position

American  

noun

Ballet.
  1. a position in which the feet are spread apart and are at right angles to the direction of the body, the toes pointing out.


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Japan's Yuma Kagiyama held his second position to take silver with Sato moving up from ninth onto the podium.

From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc will start in second position and the two Aston Martins of Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso will be in the second row.

From Washington Times • Nov. 4, 2023

“Unfortunately, that promoter didn’t respond in time so the commission gave the date to…the second position promoter, which was UFC.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2023

New Zealand began the day in second position in the group, but Norway moved above them thanks to a convincing 6-0 victory over the Philippines.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2023

The number 1 was easy to write: T. Unfortunately, 60 was also written as T; the only difference was that T was in the second position rather than the first.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

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