as in equilibrium
a condition in which opposing forces are equal to one another
for the time being, the populations of the national park's predators and prey remain in stasis
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The consternation in Berlin over Ukraine’s use of German armour in Russia and the stasis in the government on producing a budget in the context of fiscal constraints suggest policy paralysis.
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Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
Now, maybe Biden will kind of go back to stasis and be able to get more attention.
—Washington Post Live, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
Otherwise, Russia, which has often been open to Western programs of modernization, has kept its émigrés at arm’s length, both at times of stasis and at times of change.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2024
Both Dylan’s and Talia’s positions are extreme, but the book’s roomy structure allows this tension between stasis and flux to cohabit.
—Stephen Kearse, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2024
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Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
Now, maybe Biden will kind of go back to stasis and be able to get more attention.
—Washington Post Live, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
Otherwise, Russia, which has often been open to Western programs of modernization, has kept its émigrés at arm’s length, both at times of stasis and at times of change.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2024
Both Dylan’s and Talia’s positions are extreme, but the book’s roomy structure allows this tension between stasis and flux to cohabit.
—Stephen Kearse, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2024
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“Stasis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stasis. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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