How to Use equilibrium in a Sentence
equilibrium
noun- Supply and demand were in equilibrium.
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By the end of the film, Thor reaches a kind of equilibrium.
— Chris Smith, BGR, 1 Aug. 2021 -
And there is a lot of harm to the equilibrium of downtown.
— Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2020 -
The reason Mia and Lucia are there in the story is to break the equilibrium of the space.
— Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 8 Dec. 2022 -
In the year since then, an equilibrium of sorts has held.
— Andrew Prokop, Vox, 1 June 2018 -
This slow feedback is part of how the Miocene and Pliocene came to equilibrium.
— Howard Lee, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2021 -
What is the long-run equilibrium between the two sides?
— Mark Landler, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2022 -
In the view of many observers, the equilibrium in the Taiwan Strait is in danger.
— Hou Yu-Ih, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2023 -
But what we’re meant to do is go back to equilibrium when the stress is removed.
— Andrea Kane, CNN, 12 Aug. 2024 -
But Bank of America predicts that the two forces, with the help of a push from the Fed, will reach equilibrium in 2025.
— Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 21 Feb. 2024 -
Whether such an equilibrium can or should be reached in the real world the film doesn’t try to answer.
— Eliana Dockterman, Time, 21 July 2023 -
Like it or not, the U.S. is the only force that can restore equilibrium.
— Nadia Schadlow, WSJ, 6 Nov. 2023 -
Even the base coaches are at equilibrium, with Matt Williams in the third-base box and Mark Hallberg at first.
— Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2024 -
The third round brought things back into equilibrium, with four of the first five picks being from SEC schools.
— Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 29 Apr. 2023 -
The water and air achieved a rare equilibrium on this day - both were 72 degrees.
— Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Sep. 2017 -
In the new novel, Paula is now sixty-six and has found an equilibrium in her life.
— Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 16 June 2024 -
The world is moving and changing, but there needs to be equilibrium.
— Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2023 -
Now, think of the adjustment process to a new equilibrium at a higher rate.
— Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 26 Mar. 2023 -
It’s the key equilibrium to each unique relationship — when to be dad and when to be coach.
— Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2022 -
The pH of our blood is like an acid-base balance gauge that keeps our body in stable equilibrium.
— Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 14 Feb. 2023 -
Congee's the one thing that will settle my stomach and bring me to a nice equilibrium.
— Brandon Jew, Bon Appetit, 11 May 2017 -
And then everything slows, almost to a stop, as if the whole event needs to make up for its chaos and find its equilibrium.
— John Branch, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2018 -
Randy liked Katy's friends too, and didn't want to upset their equilibrium.
— Francesca Street, CNN, 15 Dec. 2022 -
To be sure, the ecosystem is not in perfect equilibrium.
— Peter Schwartz and Peter Leyden, WIRED, 1 July 1997 -
This causes muscles to go limp and a loss of equilibrium.
— Matt Williams, ExpressNews.com, 19 Dec. 2019 -
One is that both seem to possess an equilibrium-like state.
— Wired, 8 Sep. 2019 -
There are ways to play with this equilibrium and push more CO2 into chemical forms that stay in the ocean.
— Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 14 Dec. 2021 -
In hawk-dove, if the cost of fighting is more than half the prize’s value, a Nash equilibrium exists when there is one hawk and one dove.
— Matthew Hutson, WSJ, 24 Apr. 2022 -
This October, the first new moon falls in the zodiac sign of Libra, bringing a new sense of balance and equilibrium.
— Meg Walters, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2024 -
Maintaining equilibrium in your life will make a difference in your attitude and outcomes.
— Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2024
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