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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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
His life’s work is in stasis under the federal stop work order.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 14 Feb. 2025
That’s when a figure disrupts the new stasis of Guy’s life: Oswald, a charismatic Brit with neurofibromatosis, whose face is an echo of what Edward’s once looked like.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2025
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Noun
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
His life’s work is in stasis under the federal stop work order.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 14 Feb. 2025
That’s when a figure disrupts the new stasis of Guy’s life: Oswald, a charismatic Brit with neurofibromatosis, whose face is an echo of what Edward’s once looked like.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2025
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“Stasis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stasis. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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