equilibrium

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Ms. Moafi’s reflective performance underscores how her character’s fascination with this new acquaintance becomes both an emotional necessity and a danger to her equilibrium.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

A year after the four-day India-Pakistan conflict brought South Asia to the edge of a dangerous escalation, the region has drifted into a brittle and deeply uneasy equilibrium.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Economists observe, furthermore, that large price spikes at the pump take longer to return to equilibrium than small ones, in part because retailers can keep prices high until they see evidence that they’re losing customers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Calling it “simple math,” Natasha Kaneva and her team explain that commodity markets are always forced into equilibrium, in which supply and inventory withdrawals must meet consumption.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026

Alternatively, they may be the steady state equilibrium between material ejected from a moon of Saturn, such as Titan, and material falling into the atmosphere of the planet.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan