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Examples of stasis in a Sentence
The country is in economic stasis.
His art was characterized by bursts of creativity followed by long periods of stasis.
Recent Examples of stasis from the Web
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Which means that significant change will likely be preceded by a crippling stasis.
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That kind of stasis would turn the good economic news of President Trump’s first year into a short story.
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Discovering blueprints to make better equipment—everything from flashlights and scanners, to stasis rifles and even submarines—is in service of unraveling the greater mystery.
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Cancer This week, your goal doesn’t need to be to keep the world in a perfect winter stasis.
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The president of the day, Thein Sein, a former army general, started reversing half a century of stasis and isolation.
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Perhaps the most infuriating thing about the WEF study is that refusing to improve does not mean stasis.
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Yet this uneasy stasis could blow up if Israeli officials aren’t careful, especially if there is an incident involving holy Muslim sites.
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That stasis might sound cerebral or even dull, but Shafak takes a passionate, athletic approach.
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Origin and Etymology of stasis
First Known Use: 1745
in the meaning defined at sense 1
See Words from the same yearstasis Synonyms
Synonyms
balance, counterpoise, equilibration, equilibrium, equipoise, poise;
Antonyms
disequilibration, disequilibrium, imbalance, nonequilibrium, unbalance;
Near Antonyms
changeability, fluctuation, inconstancy, insecurity, instability, mutability, precariousness, shakiness, unsteadiness, volatility;
-stasis
Definition of -stasis
- hemostasis
- bacteriostasis
- homeostasis
Origin and Etymology of -stasis
STASIS Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of stasis for English Language Learners
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: a state or condition in which things do not change, move, or progress
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of stasis
- biliary stasis
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