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stationary

[stey-shuh-ner-ee] / ˈsteɪ ʃəˌnɛr i /


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Ford is investing $2 billion in the business and revamping a Kentucky battery plant to be better suited to stationary energy storage.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

He has yet to progress to live play on the court, although he recently started incorporating movement into his on-court drills instead of just stationary shooting.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026

As the creature adapted to a more stationary lifestyle, having two eyes was no longer necessary.

From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026

State media report that a stationary commuter train was hit from behind by a long-distance commuter train arriving on the same track.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

But Digges was not a conventional reader of Copernicus, for he understood that Copernicus really did intend to be taken literally when he described the Earth as moving and the sun as stationary.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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