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as in static
fixed in a place or position
a stationary bicycle is good for exercise, but you won't enjoy the scenery very much
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as in constant
not undergoing a change in condition
auction prices for that artist's works have been stationary for some time
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Recent Examples of stationary
Bloomberg New Energy Finance found that new lithium-ion battery pack prices for stationary storage fell to roughly $70 per kilowatt-hour in 2025, a decline of about 45% from the previous year.
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Ken Silverstein,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
The district has also deployed stationary monitors at Eastman Avenue Elementary and Robert Louis Stevenson Middle School to measure hourly particulate matter concentrations.
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Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
The crash happened on the Strathspey Railway, a heritage railway run separately from mass-transit public services, and involved a stationary carriage and another train in the station.
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CBS News,
19 June 2026
Will fly one scientific instrument and one other stationary payload awarded under NASA’s CLPS initiative.
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Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 June 2026
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Ken Silverstein,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
The district has also deployed stationary monitors at Eastman Avenue Elementary and Robert Louis Stevenson Middle School to measure hourly particulate matter concentrations.
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Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
The crash happened on the Strathspey Railway, a heritage railway run separately from mass-transit public services, and involved a stationary carriage and another train in the station.
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CBS News,
19 June 2026
Will fly one scientific instrument and one other stationary payload awarded under NASA’s CLPS initiative.
—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stationary
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The brick-and-mortar storefront is being re-engineered from the ground up, turning static aisles into living, breathing media channels that can change their mood, narrative and aesthetic in a heartbeat.
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Audit findings remain static observations.
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The taxing nature of executive roles, coupled with constant travel, high decision volumes, and immense stress, necessitates robust physical capacity.
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Restaurants and bars in the neighborhood are reporting drastic drops in business after thousands of Angelenos sheltered in place under a constant plume of smoke.
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Her bus got within 2 miles of the stadium after 25 minutes, and then sat motionless for 30 minutes at Raytown Road and Ozark Road intersection.
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Hodges then fell to the ground and appeared motionless.
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He was taken to a local hospital in stable condition.
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The injured girl's mother is believed to have jumped from a second-floor window to safety and is in stable condition, the PFD confirmed to CBS News.
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The question then becomes whether the immobile Goldin would stand as such an alternative.
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The highly effective treatment involves sterilizing screwworm pupae -- the immobile stage of the screwworm before metamorphosis -- by exposing them to gamma radiation and then releasing them into the wild to mate with fertile females.
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The parents of a 7-year-old Michigan boy whose weight ballooned to 255 pounds due to a steady diet of chips, French fries and apple juice are accused of killing their son.
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What steady choice builds real trust at work?
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Audience members then gave the star a standing ovation.
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The Alamo Trust, a nonprofit that manages the restoration site, announced a $700 million renovation project to preserve the standing original buildings of the Alamo — the Alamo Church and the Long Barrack — and the battleground.
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Much has changed, but Europeans remain appreciative of the simple and unchanging rhythms of the natural world, including the coming and passing of the season’s longest day.
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The broad themes of Navy Blue’s music—depression, trauma, resilience, joy—are not static, unchanging experiences.
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“Stationary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stationary. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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