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
Freeman sees many new instruments as being trapped in Moog-like stasis; the Guthman offers them a chance to break free.
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Matthew Sherrill, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Entire towns have been reduced to ruin or cut apart by trenches, in a grim callback to World War I.
Now, the war in Ukraine has reached an apparent stasis.
—Mick Ryan, Foreign Affairs, 21 Feb. 2025
Following a close race that left the country in stasis for a month as votes were recounted, Bush did manage to squeak out a win and the dire situation Carvey’s H.W. could’ve prevented with one single shot seemed to come to fruition with the attack on 9/11.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 15 Feb. 2025
His life’s work is in stasis under the federal stop work order.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 14 Feb. 2025
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Matthew Sherrill, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Entire towns have been reduced to ruin or cut apart by trenches, in a grim callback to World War I.
Now, the war in Ukraine has reached an apparent stasis.
—Mick Ryan, Foreign Affairs, 21 Feb. 2025
Following a close race that left the country in stasis for a month as votes were recounted, Bush did manage to squeak out a win and the dire situation Carvey’s H.W. could’ve prevented with one single shot seemed to come to fruition with the attack on 9/11.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 15 Feb. 2025
His life’s work is in stasis under the federal stop work order.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 14 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for stasis
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“Stasis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stasis. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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