equipoised; equipoising; equipoises
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Examples of equipoise in a Sentence
Noun
when participating in any dangerous sport, one should maintain an equipoise between fearless boldness and commonsense caution
her frugality is a much-needed equipoise to her husband's spendthrift ways
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Rafael Mariano Grossi, Foreign Affairs, 18 July 2024
Buyers aren't buying; sellers aren't selling The housing market hangs in an odd equipoise: Would-be buyers aren’t buying, and would-be sellers aren’t selling.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 22 May 2024
WSJ, 3 Jan. 2022
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Noun
The crucial equipoise of the NPT is based on a tripartite bargain.
—Rafael Mariano Grossi, Foreign Affairs, 18 July 2024
Buyers aren't buying; sellers aren't selling The housing market hangs in an odd equipoise: Would-be buyers aren’t buying, and would-be sellers aren’t selling.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 22 May 2024
Verb
The authors do a great job demonstrating that allowing respect for autonomy has, at a minimum, equipoise with the authoritarian approach, if not superiority, when considering a range of measures of health and happiness.
—WSJ, 3 Jan. 2022
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“Equipoise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/equipoise. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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