stalls 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of stall
1
as in stops
to bring (something) to a standstill endless complaints stalled the process of selecting the winning design for the memorial

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2
as in dies
to stop functioning the engine stalls sometimes when it's very cold outside

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stalls

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noun

plural of stall
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as in booths

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as in loads

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Recent Examples of stalls
Verb
Paying Down Data Debt Without Halting AI The mistake most organizations make is treating data debt paydown as a two-year infrastructure project that stalls the AI road map. — Gopichand Mannava, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026 This process stalls improvements for years. — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 16 Mar. 2026 If his progress stalls out, this team is in trouble. — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026 There is often community resistance that stalls the building of homes. — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025 But, then again, the market is a forward-looking machine with a motor that never stalls out. — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2025 In an email, Jackman said that the city’s rapid growth has been enabled by these plans, along with an efficient building permit process that enables developers to move quickly through environmental review, a process that often stalls construction in other Bay Area cities. — Susie Neilson, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Feb. 2023
Noun
This includes increasing bathroom stalls, single person bathrooms and individual stall locker rooms. — Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stalls
  1. stops
  2. dies
  3. loads
  4. halts
  5. crashes
  6. delays
  7. catches
  8. fails
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  • The Miami Dolphins aren’t going to beat an opponent this season until South Florida’s NFL franchise stops beating itself.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2026
  • What’s even more interesting is that the pattern persists above the temperature where uranium ditelluride stops being superconducting.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of stops
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  • The armed immigration agent then shoots Melanie in response, and his partner subsequently dies.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2026
  • And then imagine what happened when early August came and then Elvis (Presley) dies.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of dies
Noun
  • This is the kind of test that quickly separates a power station that merely has an impressive number printed on its case from one with an inverter and battery management system capable of handling tough, real-world loads.
    — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Data collected from the test rig could allow manufacturers to design heat pumps and heat exchangers for high temperatures, large loads, and changing conditions.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of loads
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  • This natural inversion destroys leadership, fractures relationships and halts self-improvement.
    — Brendan Keegan, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • This halts the nuclear fusion process — which involves converting that hydrogen to helium — leading to the stars collapsing and shedding their outer layers to become a white dwarf with around the mass of the sun crammed into the width of Earth.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of halts
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  • An intergalactic creature named Gordon Shumway from the planet of Melmac crashes his spaceship into a garage.
    — Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • If Windows crashes or won't boot, those extras disappear, but JetKVM itself keeps working because it is still connected directly to the computer's screen, keyboard and mouse.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of crashes
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  • Traditional atomic projects often face extensive delays because safety reviews generally encompass both the reactor and its major steam-generating systems.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026
  • The delays are not exactly surprising, nor does the blame for them lie with the city — a number of state and federal agencies are in charge here, each navigating their own bureaucratic mazes.
    — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of delays
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  • One of the first works that catches your eye is a 1955 Krasner collage.
    — Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 10 Oct. 2026
  • As the star spins, the magnetic field coming out of the surface catches that wind and sweeps it up.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of catches
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  • Modern slips and colorful dresses in fluid shapes are equally strong choices, and when all else fails, a little black dress is a safe bet.
    — Corinne Pierre-Louis, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2026
  • But the game management staff, certain depth chart placements and how the roster fails to reach its potential are deserving of an extensive evaluation.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2026
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“Stalls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stalls. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

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