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
At the start of Cameron's entry, Sigourney Weaver's Ellen Ripley has been asleep in stasis for 57 years since the events of the first movie.
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Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Dec. 2025
In the decades since residents in Somalia’s northwest region broke away from the East African nation during its 1991 civil war, Somaliland, as the area is known, has existed largely in geopolitical stasis.
—Rafi Schwartz, TheWeek, 30 Dec. 2025
As the team remained in stasis as the Jonathan Kuminga contract negotiation dragged through the summer, Looney signed a two-year, $16 million deal with the Pelicans this offseason.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 30 Nov. 2025
Home video footage of a boisterous wedding party defies the atmosphere of stasis and decay; a shot of several burly men awkwardly steering coffin down a tight stairwell plays back into it.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 28 Nov. 2025
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Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Dec. 2025
In the decades since residents in Somalia’s northwest region broke away from the East African nation during its 1991 civil war, Somaliland, as the area is known, has existed largely in geopolitical stasis.
—Rafi Schwartz, TheWeek, 30 Dec. 2025
As the team remained in stasis as the Jonathan Kuminga contract negotiation dragged through the summer, Looney signed a two-year, $16 million deal with the Pelicans this offseason.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 30 Nov. 2025
Home video footage of a boisterous wedding party defies the atmosphere of stasis and decay; a shot of several burly men awkwardly steering coffin down a tight stairwell plays back into it.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 28 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stasis
equilibrium
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These familiar crystals exist in thermal equilibrium, maintaining their structure without energy input.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Jan. 2026
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After the system reaches equilibrium, the programmers can read the solution in the new configuration of the resonators.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Stasis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stasis. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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