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Recent Examples of immobility
Joint pain or lingering immobility is not.
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Dana Santas Feb 28, CNN Money, 28 Feb. 2026
Hinds, meanwhile, masterfully shows an affable partner’s emotional immobility.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
Sheryl Seitz was taken to the hospital at that time by ambulance (due to her immobility), but the case document described no injuries nor treatment.
—Logan Smith, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
It’s linked to immobility and social isolation later in life, both of which can speed up aging processes, including cognitive decline.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 29 Jan. 2026
During periods of physical immobility and emotional isolation, Patricio explains turning to conversations, reading, and public talks as informal sources of motivation.
—Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
Scientists have recorded the whales inducing what’s known as a state of tonic immobility, essentially paralyzing the shark.
—Outside, 3 Nov. 2025
Their speakers are unemployed or precariously employed and geographically displaced, subject either to forced immobility or migration.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Made entirely within the Unreal game engine and slowly moving from day to night, this fascinating simulated world poses questions about consumption, technology, immobility and ecology.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Dana Santas Feb 28, CNN Money, 28 Feb. 2026
Hinds, meanwhile, masterfully shows an affable partner’s emotional immobility.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
Sheryl Seitz was taken to the hospital at that time by ambulance (due to her immobility), but the case document described no injuries nor treatment.
—Logan Smith, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
It’s linked to immobility and social isolation later in life, both of which can speed up aging processes, including cognitive decline.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 29 Jan. 2026
During periods of physical immobility and emotional isolation, Patricio explains turning to conversations, reading, and public talks as informal sources of motivation.
—Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
Scientists have recorded the whales inducing what’s known as a state of tonic immobility, essentially paralyzing the shark.
—Outside, 3 Nov. 2025
Their speakers are unemployed or precariously employed and geographically displaced, subject either to forced immobility or migration.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Made entirely within the Unreal game engine and slowly moving from day to night, this fascinating simulated world poses questions about consumption, technology, immobility and ecology.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for immobility
Noun
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As my colleagues in public health have stated recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association, nicotine pouches can be an effective smoking cessation tool.—
Timothy Vermillion,
New York Daily News,
3 Feb. 2026
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Yet despite that, research into what happens during this natural cessation of menstruation and why is limited.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Agentic commerce will undermine any model that relies on inertia, human friction, or inconvenience to survive.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
24 Feb. 2026
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Mechanically, the As2 features 12 degrees of freedom driven by low-inertia, high-speed inner rotor PMSM motors.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Feb. 2026
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She was involved in a clash of heads shortly after the interval, which led to a lengthy pause in play and 14 minutes of second-half stoppage time.—
Theo Lloyd-Hughes,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2026
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Doncic writhed below the basket, spending a stoppage of 2-plus minutes with a Lakers trainer kneeling beside him.—
Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
25 Feb. 2026
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Attorneys for the plaintiffs and defendant signed a stipulation of discontinuance in November, according to a court document filed in December and obtained by Deadline.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Jan. 2026
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In the event this Promotion is cancelled or terminated, pursuant to subparagraph (iii) or (iv), Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may elect to hold a random drawing from among all eligible entries received up to the date of discontinuance for any or all of the prizes offered herein.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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And the longest-ever government shutdown shaved a bunch of productivity off the books in the fourth quarter – growth that the US economy should be making back this quarter.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
24 Feb. 2026
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On the campaign trail, Spanberger centered her message on affordability concerns and criticized the administration's treatment of federal workers through mass layoffs and the longest government shutdown in history.—
Elena Moore,
NPR,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Councilmembers also supported the public’s request to recoup the $154,650 already spent on the license-plate readers, but opted to pursue that issue separately to keep the final resolution focused strictly on contract termination.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
26 Feb. 2026
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On Tuesday, former Fire Chief Crowley officially sued the city over her termination, accusing the mayor of retaliation.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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There's been a pause on issuing them ever since.—
Jeff Wagner,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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The Wild entered the NHL’s three-week Olympic break on a heater, going 8-1-1 in their final 10 games before the pause.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
27 Feb. 2026
Noun
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December’s expiration of enhanced subsidies on the insurance exchanges is now driving double- and even triple-digit percentage premium increases for roughly 20 million enrollees.—
Robert Pearl,
Twin Cities,
1 Mar. 2026
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Players within a six-month window of the expiration of their contract can negotiate a pre-contract to make a free transfer to another team upon expiration of the current contract.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
27 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Immobility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immobility. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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