as in equilibrium
a condition in which opposing forces are equal to one another
for the time being, the populations of the national park's predators and prey remain in stasis
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Recent Examples of stasis
Tranquil albeit unsettled, the nuanced approach represented the latest mutation of an artist for whom seeking adventure and rejecting stasis constitute career-long constants.
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Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
As stasis persists, the best Sevilla could do this past week was cling on; a European force badly diminished, but still possessing an ounce of fight.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 15 May 2025
This dynamism makes their journey’s end both more natural and more meaningful than its medium’s typical stasis.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 24 May 2025
With no females known to science, the species is now extinct in the wild and locked in biological stasis with its fate resting on cloning and careful propagation.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
As stasis persists, the best Sevilla could do this past week was cling on; a European force badly diminished, but still possessing an ounce of fight.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 15 May 2025
This dynamism makes their journey’s end both more natural and more meaningful than its medium’s typical stasis.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 24 May 2025
With no females known to science, the species is now extinct in the wild and locked in biological stasis with its fate resting on cloning and careful propagation.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stasis
equilibrium
Noun
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Rather than aiming for a constant fixed equilibrium, dynamic leadership is about ongoing adjustments.—
IESE Business School,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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His ostentatious well-being is scorned by Walker, who equates equilibrium with compromise.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 July 2025
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“Stasis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stasis. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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