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Recent Examples of moveless
This made us—with all our human, mortal limitations—rather like the God of all those past centuries of belief, or should that be credulity: the God who retained and stored away everything in his motley, moveless time, in which nothing was new or old, remote or recent.
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Margaret Jull Costa, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
Margaret Jull Costa, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moveless
Adjective
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Hakam appeared motionless, as guests tended to him.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
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The lengthy pre-copulation stage involved all three sharks motionless on the seafloor for nearly an hour, after which the female started swimming with one male shark biting onto each of her pectoral fins.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The audience for wax museums is melting away in the digital age, when posing with a static dummy has come to feel rather quaint.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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The plans show defense spending next year would stay largely static, and would be funded with tax hikes amid increasingly dour growth forecasts.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Outfitted with lights and sounds to stimulate sensory skills, this toy transforms from a stationary busy board into an activity table, drawing table, and stand-up easel.—
Pamela Brill,
Parents,
2 Oct. 2025
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As Carrington uttered those words after practice on Wednesday, Middleton was about to get on a stationary bike to keep his legs loose.—
Josh Robbins,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Moveless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moveless. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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