equipoised

past tense of equipoise

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for equipoised
Verb
  • But then that's balanced by my fear for the right to marry.
    Jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The food boxes being delivered are nutritionally balanced but the organization can’t regularly provide fresh produce, meat, and dairy.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Google, Meta, Microsoft’s LinkedIn, and Elon Musk’s X have all delayed, adjusted, or flat-out refused to launch AI products because of the bloc’s laws.
    Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2025
  • What’s more, your defense adjusted, digging in its heels, getting to Northwestern’s running backs closer to the line of scrimmage so that the Wildcats gained only 28 yards on the ground in the second half after rushing for 102 in the first.
    Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 8 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The Revolution held a 1-0 lead for much of the match before Chicago equalized in the 82nd minute.
    Julian Cardillo, Boston Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Minnesota equalized in the 65th minute via a rocket by midfielder Nectarios Triantis.
    Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Challenger equated the impact of AI on the current labor market to the rise of the internet in the early aughts.
    Steve Kopack, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Defense Priorities scholars argue that the cartels are being falsely equated with terrorist groups like Al Qaeda, and warn of mission creep without clear objectives or legal justification.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But Yasin Ayari shone and more than compensated, tenacious in the duels and tidy with his passing.
    Liam Tharme, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Of course, plenty of people are compensated for posts in Washington’s influence ecosystem.
    Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Obsessed anglers who lived in Key West, and whose fiction sometimes gravitates toward horses, blood sports, and male protagonists with a masculine swagger counterbalanced by a certain reflective, existentialist temperament—the similarities between the two are obvious, yet go only so far.
    Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
  • While Simmons and Frehley were known for their complex and often fraught relationship, Frehley’s unpredictable nature and distinctive laugh counterbalanced Simmons more somber, business-minded demeanor.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Equipoised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equipoised. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.

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