equilibrium
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The US wants "a genuinely stable equilibrium" and wants to "preserve the conditions that have long underwritten peace and prosperity in this region", he added.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
As China exports more than it imports, the upward pressure on its currency is “an equilibrium outcome,” Trivedi and the team observe.
From MarketWatch • May 11, 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
"Banerjee's long electoral success rested on a delicate equilibrium between welfare and organisation. But the very organisation that sustained her for 15 years also became her Achilles' heel," says political scientist Bhanu Joshi.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
The normal, predictable state of matter throughout the universe is randomness, a relaxed sort of equilibrium, with atoms and their particles scattered around in an amorphous muddle.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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Vocabulary lists containing equilibrium
Force and Motion (Mechanics) - Middle School
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Chemistry - Introductory
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