Definition of EQUIPOISE

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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

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Russia, meanwhile, had recovered its equipoise and some of its strength and turned decidedly — in some ways, violently — against a friendly approach toward the West. — Elbridge Colby, National Review, "A Republican Foreign Policy," 5 Dec. 2019 Still, in a handful of scenes, Pose pulls this act off with perfect equipoise, a model of how to embody light in the dark. — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, "Pose Lets In the Light," 12 June 2019 But from a biological standpoint, such equipoise is standard fare. — Clifton Leaf, Fortune, "Brainstorm Health: Ties in Biology, Trump-Pfizer Takeaways, Obamacare Navigator Cuts," 11 July 2018 These little affectations only add to the overall equipoise, in the same way that a completely bare waiting room is eerie but a waiting room with a ficus evokes no feelings at all. — Sasha Chapin, New York Times, "Letter of Recommendation: Airport Layovers," 29 May 2018 Still, in a handful of scenes, Pose pulls this act off with perfect equipoise, a model of how to embody light in the dark. — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, "Pose Lets In the Light," 12 June 2019 In his treatment of the Allah of the Quran, suspension of disbelief is finely balanced by a generous suspension of his own personal beliefs, and his book is all the stronger for this equipoise. — Eric Ormsby, WSJ, "‘God in the Qur’an’ Review: Allah, a Biography," 16 Jan. 2019 But from a biological standpoint, such equipoise is standard fare. — Clifton Leaf, Fortune, "Brainstorm Health: Ties in Biology, Trump-Pfizer Takeaways, Obamacare Navigator Cuts," 11 July 2018 These little affectations only add to the overall equipoise, in the same way that a completely bare waiting room is eerie but a waiting room with a ficus evokes no feelings at all. — Sasha Chapin, New York Times, "Letter of Recommendation: Airport Layovers," 29 May 2018

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“Equipoise.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/equipoise. Accessed 25 January 2020.