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as in static
fixed in a place or position
a stationary bicycle is good for exercise, but you won't enjoy the scenery very much
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as in constant
not undergoing a change in condition
auction prices for that artist's works have been stationary for some time
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Recent Examples of stationary
Bloomberg New Energy Finance found that new lithium-ion battery pack prices for stationary storage fell to roughly $70 per kilowatt-hour in 2025, a decline of about 45% from the previous year.
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Ken Silverstein,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
The district has also deployed stationary monitors at Eastman Avenue Elementary and Robert Louis Stevenson Middle School to measure hourly particulate matter concentrations.
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Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
The crash happened on the Strathspey Railway, a heritage railway run separately from mass-transit public services, and involved a stationary carriage and another train in the station.
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CBS News,
19 June 2026
Will fly one scientific instrument and one other stationary payload awarded under NASA’s CLPS initiative.
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Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 June 2026
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Ken Silverstein,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
The district has also deployed stationary monitors at Eastman Avenue Elementary and Robert Louis Stevenson Middle School to measure hourly particulate matter concentrations.
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Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
The crash happened on the Strathspey Railway, a heritage railway run separately from mass-transit public services, and involved a stationary carriage and another train in the station.
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CBS News,
19 June 2026
Will fly one scientific instrument and one other stationary payload awarded under NASA’s CLPS initiative.
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Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stationary
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The brick-and-mortar storefront is being re-engineered from the ground up, turning static aisles into living, breathing media channels that can change their mood, narrative and aesthetic in a heartbeat.
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Audit findings remain static observations.
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Affluent travelers are paying a premium for experiences built around disconnection - not just from work, but from the constant noise of being online.
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As a result, Skywalkers hovers between a sense of constant performance and disarming immediacy — the latter generally during the many vertigo-inducing drone shots of Ivan and Angela’s hair-raising accomplishments.
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The video shows the motionless suspect in a gray hoodie lying facedown on a chair or sofa while still clutching the knife.
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Her bus got within 2 miles of the stadium after 25 minutes, and then sat motionless for 30 minutes at Raytown Road and Ozark Road intersection.
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Both Dayana Patino and her baby son Juan David Trujillo were in a stable condition on Sunday in hospital in the Venezuelan capital Caracas, AP reported.
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Four were listed in critical condition, and six others, including the driver, were listed in stable condition.
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The question then becomes whether the immobile Goldin would stand as such an alternative.
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The highly effective treatment involves sterilizing screwworm pupae -- the immobile stage of the screwworm before metamorphosis -- by exposing them to gamma radiation and then releasing them into the wild to mate with fertile females.
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This doesn't look like the time for steady rate cuts, and current Warsh recently emphasized the bank's 2% inflation target, which hasn't been reached since 2021.
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In other words, women tend to burn more fat for energy than men during steady, moderate-intensity endurance exercise, such as a marathon.
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In an April assessment, Control Risks already treated it as a standing planning assumption, which reprices redundancy, war-risk insurance and evacuation planning rather than compliance programmes.
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Audience members then gave the star a standing ovation.
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Much has changed, but Europeans remain appreciative of the simple and unchanging rhythms of the natural world, including the coming and passing of the season’s longest day.
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The broad themes of Navy Blue’s music—depression, trauma, resilience, joy—are not static, unchanging experiences.
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“Stationary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stationary. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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