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Recent Examples of stasis 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 The result Wednesday was policy stasis — the median Fed official still expects two rate cuts this year, just like in December — but with weak conviction that this is where policy is heading. Axios, 20 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stasis
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equilibrium
Noun
  • Rather than aiming for a constant fixed equilibrium, dynamic leadership is about ongoing adjustments.
    IESE Business School, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
  • 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 19 Jul. 2025.

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