GRANDSTANDING Definition & Meaning

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grandstanding

[ gran-stan-ding, grand- ]

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the act or practice of behaving or performing in a showy way in an attempt to impress others:
With nearly 14 million unemployed, this grandstanding over such a comparatively small retraining program (only 10,000 people) is downright insulting.

being or engaging in this kind of behavior or performance:
It’s a nice, quiet movie—no guns or car chases, no grandstanding actors, and not too fast-paced.

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First recorded in 1895–1900; grandstand ( def ) + -ing ¹( def ) for the noun; grandstand ( def ) + -ing ²( def ) for the adjective

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Other institutions around the country have also capitulated to Trump’s grandstanding, affording him the opportunity for a victory lap.

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Both sides of parliament dismissed it as disrespectful and a failed attempt at grandstanding.

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To follow Harris’ expression of sorrow for her loss with “...But do you want to answer her?” is needless grandstanding, not fact-finding pressure.

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Rather than grandstanding like this, Congress should spend its time considering the privacy and free speech arguments offered by the ban’s opponents.

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“It’s getting worse. They want to break public education and go to school vouchers. It’s political grandstanding.”

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