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Recent Examples of stationary The development is also important for stationary gas turbines in power plants, which could operate with lower CO2​ emissions. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025 Papier x Anthropologie 12-Day Advent Calendar The teen who color-codes everything will get plenty of use out of this lovely set of surprises like notebooks, thank-you cards, a pencil bag, and a brass cherry bookmark from stationary brand Papier. Malia Griggs, Glamour, 9 Oct. 2025 Most of the reporting was via standups from outside the courthouse, or stationary shots of a microphone, placed there in case Comey and his legal team decided to address the media, or prosecution. Ted Johnson, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025 And a buildup of dust on the stationary lander InSight’s solar panels put an end to that mission in 2022. Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stationary
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Adjective
  • This includes a customizable home screen that can display time, temperature, weather, humidity, outdoor air quality, and more (versus a static screen), and energy-saving implementations that can either run automatically or require you to opt-in through the Google Home app.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Spray some anti-static spray on your microfiber cloth, then wipe down the baseboards.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The story of communications of the last two decades has been of constant change, and of nobody controlling the high ground for long.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Beverly Burnett provided the most valuable constant in the newsroom the last half century.
    Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • While all this is going on, the rest of the gang is splitting up to find Marie and warn her about Annabeth’s nightmare-premonition of her bloodied, motionless body.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025
  • In the eastbound direction, between the queue of cars and congregation of responders, lay a motionless helicopter, not in the sky, but on the ground; not right-side-up but on its roof.
    Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Researchers from Peking University, the University of Cambridge, and partner institutions highlighted that glass is often used to immobilize contaminants such as radionuclides and heavy metals, locking them safely inside a stable structure.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
  • To rebuild the city, the tunnels will need to be filled to make the ground stable enough for construction.
    Jennifer Griffin , Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The degree of difficulty rises significantly with the immobile Flacco, but the Bengals will be banking on his understanding of getting the ball out to avoid those hits.
    The Athletic NFL Staff, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • After copulating, the two males lay immobile on the seafloor as the female swam away.
    Jack Guy, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • With rising tuition, heavy student debt, and a shaky job market, more young workers are rethinking the four-year degree and turning to faster and cheaper routes to a steady career.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Today, her steady hand, institutional knowledge and loyalty continue to guide the Tennessean and inspire her colleagues.
    Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The standing ovation for Sullivan’s save mattered.
    Colin Cerniglia, Charlotte Observer, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Farrell, who is retiring after 13 seasons, entered Saturday’s game as a 71st-minute substitute to a standing ovation.
    Julian Cardillo, Boston Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Because that's what these young girls feel like when a boy walks into their locker room and starts unchanging in front of them.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • This dark energy, which Einstein labeled with the Greek letter lambda, has long been assumed to be unchanging and reliable through time.
    Rebecca Boyle, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2025

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“Stationary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stationary. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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