stasis

Example Sentences

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But stasis doesn’t make for much of a climax, and as the couple wait in the snowbound airport, the setting also functions as a metaphor for the film as a whole.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

So the stasis, i.e., inactive equilibrium, will remain.

From Barron's • Jan. 1, 2026

The governor’s race was frozen in stasis for most of the year, first as Californians waited for former Vice President Kamala Harris to decide whether she was going to jump into the race.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025

“But this would seem to suggest that kind of stasis is now changing to more direct action on the part of companies, and that’s going to make jobs more precarious.”

From MarketWatch • Oct. 28, 2025

I continue down the hallway and find identical rooms, but no stasis pods.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera