equipoise
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Here again, Mr. Shapiro seems to have found the point of equipoise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
But there are some from across the debate who don't think there is equipoise in this case.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2024
In a capital packed with bloviators and arm-twisters, Jackson maintains an equipoise of soft-spoken graciousness, combining intellectual clarity with iron resolve.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2024
Often we think that if we are not happy, it's our problem, and we just have to show more grit, or the new terminology, more "mindfulness," and we'd achieve greater equipoise.
From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2023
Certainly much of Katherine’s equipoise came from her father, Joshua.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
It’s the sort of thing those who’ve avoided playing Minecraft but still find it intriguing should pay attention to—an exquisite, LEGO-like builder deftly equipoised between structured and freeform play.
From Time ● Dec. 19, 2016
This calling was too precarious to suit his equipoised mind.
From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by L. Carroll Judson
The Kentuckian's pulsations seem to be regulated by a gigantic and equipoised animal impulse.
From The Kentuckian in New-York, Volume I (of 2) or, The Adventures of Three Southerns by William Alexander Caruthers
When power was thus nicely equipoised, there was a natural tendency to avoid conflicting issues.
From The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) by William Hunt
The “kettle” was equipoised by lead fixed round its mouth.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various
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