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
This feeling of stasis is made all the more worrying by Ukraine’s increasing ability to strike inside Russia itself.
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Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
He's set to be shipped out to the space prison MS One, where only the baddest of the bad reside – in stasis, though, where absolutely nothing can totally go wrong, right?
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Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
25 Apr. 2026
Grief opens the way to a reckoning with place, stasis and deferred desire.
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Emiliano De Pablos,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2026
This second season is once again poking at inertia and stasis and how romantic relationships can crumble into a series of self-destructive choices.
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Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for stasis
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
He's set to be shipped out to the space prison MS One, where only the baddest of the bad reside – in stasis, though, where absolutely nothing can totally go wrong, right?
—
Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
25 Apr. 2026
Grief opens the way to a reckoning with place, stasis and deferred desire.
—
Emiliano De Pablos,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2026
This second season is once again poking at inertia and stasis and how romantic relationships can crumble into a series of self-destructive choices.
—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for stasis
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stasis
equilibrium
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The clock is ticking, again, and their resources and equilibrium have dwindled, again.
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But Claire has her limits from the lopsided equilibrium — Libras bounce when the romantic balance is off-kilter.
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“Stasis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stasis. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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