Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for immobilities
Noun
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Much of the work will take place between the two major closures, PennDOT said, adding that crews will keep a lane open in both directions, except for intermittent 15-minute stoppages.—
Ricky Sayer,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026 -
Given that a successful appeal would see the challenge retained, there could theoretically be a large amount of stoppages.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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While data breaches and hacks can trigger financial loss and chaos—from data-wiping to hospital shutdowns—the activities usually stop short of causing widespread loss of life or devastating physical destruction.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
26 Mar. 2026
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Hundreds of millions of people, and entire industries, from the Persian Gulf to Asia, have been affected by industry shutdowns, rising food and heating costs stemming from higher energy prices, and fuel shortages.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
25 Mar. 2026
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Vonn, who returned to racing in late 2024 after nearly six years away from the sport, had two victories and three other podium finishes in her five World Cup races during the most recent season.—
Tribune News Service,
Hartford Courant,
27 Mar. 2026
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The retail on-site will include a rooftop bar, and tenants are completing finishes on their offices.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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Indeed, later editors eventually added two more endings to Mark’s Gospel.—
Mary Foskett,
The Conversation,
20 Mar. 2026
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Things run long in part because the script has too many endings.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Bakri litters these lines with pauses and sighs, a simmer rather than an explosion.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
24 Mar. 2026
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Medicaid currently does pre-reviews of payments for non-emergency medical transportation because of fraud in that field, and the pauses for review are typically less than three months, Flores-Brennan said.—
Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
22 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Temporary cessations of hostility, but no permanent closing of the moral and social divide between debtor and creditor, and no giving up on the thought that some lives matter more than others.—
Henry Freedland,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Top officials at agencies under the DHS umbrella spoke for more than three-hours before the House Homeland Security Committee about the potential risks of security lapses unless the partial government shutdown comes to an end.—
LISA MASCARO,
Arkansas Online,
26 Mar. 2026
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Those reports revealed lapses in communication between the state agencies taking criminal complaints and the agency maintaining those licenses.—
Tara Molina,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Still, the data suggests that last year’s grant terminations added further damage to an already-leaky pipeline that tends to bleed women, younger researchers and people of color.—
Theresa Gaffney,
STAT,
24 Mar. 2026
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The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington, seeks reinstatement and a court declaration that the terminations were unlawful.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Immobilities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immobilities. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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