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Recent Examples of equilibrate
Not allowing enough time to equilibrate The most accurate results are obtained after sitting in a low-stress environment for five minutes, Serwer noted.
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Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 12 Jan. 2025
But in that case, wouldn’t people from low-income areas just overflow to their empty beds, and then the system would equilibrate?
—Renee Hsia, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
So basically, until 1980, people tended to move to where wages were highest, and wages were slowly equilibrating between regions, and since 1980, people have begun moving towards where housing costs are low instead of where wages are high.
—Byalena Botros, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2023
Over time genetic drift will introduce variants private to that group, and greater distance will reduce the power of gene flow to equilibrate between population variance.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2011
Even a 1 percent admixture between two populations will quickly equilibrate allele frequency differences, especially considering that on most loci those differences are not of the disjoint character (frequency 0 vs. 1).
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2013
The issue is not the rate of intermarriage, rather, one migrant per generation across the two demes will be sufficient to equilibrate allele frequencies.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 7 July 2011
Recall that immediately upon his inauguration as president in 1981, Ronald Reagan did the exact opposite by decontrolling energy prices, allowing markets to efficiently equilibrate in response to price signals.
—WSJ, 25 Sep. 2022
Margins have started coming back down to average, and sign prices are following as the market begins to equilibrate.
—Alex Kinnier, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2022
Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 12 Jan. 2025
But in that case, wouldn’t people from low-income areas just overflow to their empty beds, and then the system would equilibrate?
—Renee Hsia, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
So basically, until 1980, people tended to move to where wages were highest, and wages were slowly equilibrating between regions, and since 1980, people have begun moving towards where housing costs are low instead of where wages are high.
—Byalena Botros, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2023
Over time genetic drift will introduce variants private to that group, and greater distance will reduce the power of gene flow to equilibrate between population variance.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2011
Even a 1 percent admixture between two populations will quickly equilibrate allele frequency differences, especially considering that on most loci those differences are not of the disjoint character (frequency 0 vs. 1).
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2013
The issue is not the rate of intermarriage, rather, one migrant per generation across the two demes will be sufficient to equilibrate allele frequencies.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 7 July 2011
Recall that immediately upon his inauguration as president in 1981, Ronald Reagan did the exact opposite by decontrolling energy prices, allowing markets to efficiently equilibrate in response to price signals.
—WSJ, 25 Sep. 2022
Margins have started coming back down to average, and sign prices are following as the market begins to equilibrate.
—Alex Kinnier, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for equilibrate
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After all the unfair current regime, where Europe charges American a 10% tariff on its sedan and SUV imports while the U.S. only insists on 2.5%, would be easy to equalize.—
Neil Winton,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Here's what to know The reciprocal tariffs may stop short of his pledge to equalize with levels charged by foreign countries on U.S. goods, the president told reporters, according to the Wall Street Journal.—
Josh Fellman,
Quartz,
24 Mar. 2025
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Will either require Teta adjusting his play style (not gonna happen) or Gyökeres needs to make significant changes in his play style to fit.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
3 Apr. 2025
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Earlier in March, Paltrow spoke with Vanity Fair for their April cover story and was asked about how her two kids have adjusted to being in college.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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We don’t get compensated until something goes into production.—
Lauren Coates,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
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Creators who are participating in a pilot with Google are being directly compensated, but not nearly enough to offset declines in their advertising revenue, according to Marc McCollum, Raptive’s chief innovation officer.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2025
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Sophia’s long-standing area of focus is in guiding organizations on how to balance immediate financial goals with sustainability and ESG governance for long-term business viability.—
Sophia Mendelsohn,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Learn how protein and carbohydrates affect your body in the morning and how to balance the two at breakfast to fuel the start of your day.—
Elizabeth Barnes,
Verywell Health,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Equilibrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equilibrate. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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