as in equilibrium
a condition in which opposing forces are equal to one another
for the time being, the populations of the national park's predators and prey remain in stasis
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Recent Examples of stasis
These migrants became figures left in a historical stasis, unable to face their present while nursing traumatic loss (their nostalgic literature constitutes an entire genre).
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Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
For now, the inflation recovery depends heavily on this dynamic remaining in fragile stasis.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2025
Its $185 billion valuation isn’t a signal of stasis stalking the technology space, but powerful dynamism all around us.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Nix throwing less this summer shouldn’t be confused with stasis.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
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Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
For now, the inflation recovery depends heavily on this dynamic remaining in fragile stasis.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2025
Its $185 billion valuation isn’t a signal of stasis stalking the technology space, but powerful dynamism all around us.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Nix throwing less this summer shouldn’t be confused with stasis.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for stasis
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stasis
equilibrium
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Those trends have created a new equilibrium that are keeping a lid on unemployment even as hiring stays subdued.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
3 Nov. 2025
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These problems also occurred in the first weeks of the previous cease-fire, which lasted from January to March of this year; once the level of aid reached an equilibrium with the population’s needs, however, the looting abated.—
Jeremy Konyndyk,
Foreign Affairs,
23 Oct. 2025
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