1
: a slowing or stoppage of the normal flow of a bodily fluid or semifluid: such as
a
: slowing of the current of circulating blood
b
: reduced motility of the intestines with retention of feces
2
a
: a state of static balance or equilibrium : stagnation
b
: a state or period of stability during which little or no evolutionary change in a lineage occurs
plural -stases
1
: stoppage : slowing
hemostasis
bacteriostasis
2
: stable state
homeostasis
Examples of stasis in a Sentence
Noun
The country is in economic stasis.
His art was characterized by bursts of creativity followed by long periods of stasis.
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Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Freeman sees many new instruments as being trapped in Moog-like stasis; the Guthman offers them a chance to break free.
—Matthew Sherrill, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Entire towns have been reduced to ruin or cut apart by trenches, in a grim callback to World War I.
Now, the war in Ukraine has reached an apparent stasis.
—Mick Ryan, Foreign Affairs, 21 Feb. 2025
Following a close race that left the country in stasis for a month as votes were recounted, Bush did manage to squeak out a win and the dire situation Carvey’s H.W. could’ve prevented with one single shot seemed to come to fruition with the attack on 9/11.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 15 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Yet these movements were not drawn out to the point of stasis, as in mannered recent performances by Vikingur Ólafsson.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Freeman sees many new instruments as being trapped in Moog-like stasis; the Guthman offers them a chance to break free.
—Matthew Sherrill, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Entire towns have been reduced to ruin or cut apart by trenches, in a grim callback to World War I.
Now, the war in Ukraine has reached an apparent stasis.
—Mick Ryan, Foreign Affairs, 21 Feb. 2025
Following a close race that left the country in stasis for a month as votes were recounted, Bush did manage to squeak out a win and the dire situation Carvey’s H.W. could’ve prevented with one single shot seemed to come to fruition with the attack on 9/11.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 15 Feb. 2025
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“Stasis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stasis. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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