stasis

noun

ˈstā-səs How to pronounce stasis (audio)
Definition of stasisnext
as in equilibrium
a condition in which opposing forces are equal to one another for the time being, the populations of the national park's predators and prey remain in stasis

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Recent Examples of stasis Both projects are long-gestating passions of Star Wars godfather George Lucas, with the Lucas Museum being announced in 2013 and Detours, which Lucas executive-produced, remaining in stasis since Disney’s 2012 acquisition of Lucasfilm. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 24 July 2026 New research from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis suggests the story may actually be one of reversal, not stasis—with a significant split along generational, even intra-generational lines. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 22 July 2026 If paranoia is on the breeze, so too is a sense of post-teenage stasis that seems to hang in the Chinatown air, caught between youth and adulthood, an immigrant past and a gentrified future. — Dylan Adamson, IndieWire, 21 July 2026 Before the impasse could be resolved, the global pandemic shuttered Toho’s cinemas and froze most of its business, and the project went into stasis. — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for stasis
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equilibrium
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  • When consumer demand falls faster than production can adjust, unsold wine can sit on the balance sheet while a winery works its way back into equilibrium.
    — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Achieving such an outcome might allow the formation of a new global economic equilibrium—and more important, might prevent the next major global economic crisis.
    — Michael B. G. Froman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2026
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