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Recent Examples of static
Adjective
Memories of presidents are often not static, and can grow rosier over time, a phenomenon that played out after Mr. Trump’s first term. Ruth Igielnik, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025 The 'tracks' will all be completely static, a combination of tensioned cables stretching 150-300 m (500-985 ft), and shorter sections of steel rail for smooth turns and junctions. New Atlas, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
The doctor’s screen shivers in the blizzard static of an ancient black- and-white TV where snow, once started, falls and falls. Rosanna Warren, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024 Not ambition to succeed on the world’s terms (though that asserted its own maddening static) but ambition to find forms for the seethe of rage, remembrance, and wild vitality that seemed, unaccountably, like sound inside me, demanding language but prelinguistic, somehow. Christian Wiman, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for static 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for static
Noun
  • Status Matching Also Controversial Another line has its own loyalty squabble.
    Roger Dooley, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Unfortunately, their ineptness and inexperience with covert operations result in countless squabbles.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The agency additionally maintains stationary waterfowl hunting blinds which are allocated to duck and goose hunters using a lottery system.
    GrrlScientist, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The president, during his first term, also used Sharpies to sign official documents and make notes and even had the stationary company design a custom pen, embossed with his signature in gold, for him, according to The New York Times and Business Insider.
    Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Signing the best starter remaining on the free-agent market would allay those concerns and quell some of the criticism surrounding Atlanta's quiet offseason.
    Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
  • The Trump transition team has not yet responded to a request for comment on criticism of Trump’s plan targeting Canada, Mexico and China specifically.
    Alison Durkee, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Republicans gave a standing ovation in the chamber when Vice President Harris, who lost the election, announced Trump’s official victory.
    The Hill Staff, The Hill, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Adams didn’t receive a standing ovation after coming off in the 89th minute, but Bournemouth’s traveling contingent of supporters certainly appreciated the effort from their American international.
    Felipe Cardenas, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • City officials did not say what set off the dispute.
    Deon J. Hampton, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2025
  • This firsthand legal dispute inspired her to become an advocate for female inventors, educating others on the importance of filing for IP protection. ForbesWomen: Get the ForbesWomen newsletter, and supercharge your mission with success stories, tips and more.
    Karin Eldor, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Much of the equipment in the studio he’d custom-built over decades was immobile — the Bösendorfer grand piano or the SSL recording console couldn’t get out on short notice.
    August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Surveillance footage showed the victim sleeping on an immobile F train at Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue Station around 7:30 a.m.
    Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Shyne makes a forceful argument through just letting the audience be absorbed with a way of life.
    Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Prosecutors have accused Mayers of shooting Terrell Ephron, a.k.a. ASAP Relli, on a Hollywood street corner after a heated argument on Nov. 6, 2021.
    James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The Culture Wars Probably the most intense debate around The Veilguard was the inclusion of a non-binary companion.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
  • What Happens Next? As businesses adjust to these changes, the debate over workplace diversity is far from over.
    John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025

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“Static.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/static. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.

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