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as in static
fixed in a place or position
the casino is actually in a nonmoving vessel permanently docked on the city's waterfront
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as in motionless
incapable of moving or being moved
all of the machine's nonmoving parts
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonmoving
Adjective
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Had the Broncos remained static offensively, there is no way Webb would have received a fair shot at calling plays.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
18 Mar. 2026 -
The room’s furniture remains eerily static, while their bodies’ movements leave traces imprinted around the frame.—
Sammy Loren,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2026
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Amorado then slashed the motionless Espinoza’s neck with a machete, prosecutors said.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
16 Mar. 2026
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The study suggests that having eight eyes may improve depth perception during stationary hunting, a strategy suited to an ambush predator waiting motionless beneath cover.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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For its crashes with pickup trucks, Waymo said its vehicles were either stationary or traveling 2 mph.—
Andrea Guzmán,
Austin American Statesman,
19 Mar. 2026
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Using magnetic traces from ancient pieces of Earth’s crust, researchers found that a chunk of what is now Western Australia drifted toward the magnetic north pole over a few million years, as part of South Africa remained stationary.—
Marissa Grunes,
Scientific American,
19 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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In terms of sheer duration, nothing tops the 1994-95 strike, a 232-day encounter between immovable object and unstoppable force that erased a total of 948 games and led to the cancellation of the World Series.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
18 Mar. 2026
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Nemesis is the story of two men on either side of the law, the tale of what happens when an unstoppable force, expert criminal Coltrane Wilder (Y’lan Noel), meets an immovable object, brilliant police detective Isaiah Stiles (Matthew Law).—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
18 Mar. 2026
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Dalton was immobile in the blowout loss to Buffalo, and clearly, the Panthers wanted someone who could match, or at least simulate, starter Bryce Young’s fluidity in the pocket.—
Mike Kaye
March 12,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Mar. 2026
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Medical officers skied down the frozen halfpipe to tend to the slender, immobile frame on the snow.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Beazley showed a still image of the man to a firm supervisor.—
James Verini,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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Local artists will lead sketching still-life arrangements of skulls, seed pods, turtle shells, tree bark, greens and fruit.—
Janet Kusterer,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Feb. 2026
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His best finish was 20th in the middle-distance standing event in Beijing.—
Charlotte Carroll,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Lindo received a standing ovation, during which Jordan could be seen smiling at his co-star from the audience and clapping.—
Isabel Yip,
NBC news,
1 Mar. 2026
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Yet throughout it all, Maduro ruled on, seemingly unmovable.—
Stefano Pozzebon,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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The same institution founded on the principle of easy and open community collaboration could now be proving unmovable—trapped between the need to adapt and an institutional resistance to change.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Nonmoving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonmoving. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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