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equilibrium

[ee-kwuh-lib-ree-uhm, ek-wuh-] / ˌi kwəˈlɪb ri əm, ˌɛk wə- /


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These electrifying final embellishments unify the totality of each face, at once setting it in motion while freezing it in perfect equilibrium.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

In the long term, Mortonson said he expects a higher multiple for Micron’s stock as supply and demand reach equilibrium toward the end of the decade.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026

Rather than resolving the tension, Dostoevsky forces the reader to sit with this ambiguity, allowing the scene to stand as the ultimate test of the novel’s moral equilibrium.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

One of the most intriguing features of the fractional Fermi sea is that its particles remain organized even though the system has been pushed far from equilibrium.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

Then Leah can chill the heck out, and equilibrium will be restored.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli

“These two equilibria are self-fulfilling. As soon as a critical mass of bondholders believe they are in a given equilibria their behavior assures that they are!”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Multiple equilibria are possible in a game like this.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

Such properties include a wide variety of measurable traits such as phase equilibria, density, or heat capacity, for example, that characterize physical systems and determine how chemical processes work.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2024

"For fundamental research into the dynamics of nutrients and other equilibria in tidal areas, it is very important to understand the role of temperature, salinity, benthic animals and also turmoil by storms."

From Science Daily ● Feb. 22, 2024

It may help the exposition if we throw the argument, briefly, into terms of the more familiar mechanical analogies, and speak of the equilibria and transformations of social forces.

From Social Value A Study in Economic Theory Critical and Constructive by Benjamin M. (Benjamin McAlester) Anderson

Recent efforts in de-extinction have focused on the Tasmanian tiger, as its natural habitat in Tasmania is still mostly preserved, and its reintroduction could help recovering past ecosystem equilibriums lost after its final disappearance.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2023

Engineers and architects strive to achieve extremely stable equilibriums for buildings and other systems that must withstand wind, earthquakes, and other forces that displace them from equilibrium.

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

Yet one of Dr. Nash’s critical insights is that there may be many possible outcomes — so-called Nash equilibriums — that produce suboptimal results.

From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2015

Nash equilibriums, which he described in the hieroglyphics of mathematical symbols, exist everywhere.

From Washington Post ● May 24, 2015

The altered equilibriums and redistributions only diversify our opportunities and open chances to us for new ideals.

From Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals by William James


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