stationary
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Unlike the auto business and its lower margins, high capital costs and “significant” labor-related risks, the stationary energy business has “much greater growth prospects,” he said.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
That division, which launched with a $2 billion investment, seeks to turn batteries once destined for electric vehicles into stationary energy-storage systems for artificial-intelligence data centers, power utilities and large industrial customers.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
For instance, a clock traveling at 10 m/s for 57 million years would fall behind a stationary clock by about one second.
From Science Daily • May 18, 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
His idea was that the sun was stationary at the center and that the earth and the planets moved in circular orbits around the sun.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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