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equipoise

[ee-kwuh-poiz, ek-wuh-] / ˈi kwəˌpɔɪz, ˈɛk wə- /


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Here again, Mr. Shapiro seems to have found the point of equipoise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

I hoped that during the next decade, the pendulum would swing back from 9/11 overreach and regain some semblance of equipoise.

From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2025

This equipoise held for four very productive years, but there comes a moment in all love stories when one partner gets fidgety and starts to pull away.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2025

But there are some from across the debate who don't think there is equipoise in this case.

From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2024

Certainly much of Katherine’s equipoise came from her father, Joshua.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

It’s the sort of thing those who’ve avoided playing Minecraft but still find it intriguing should pay attention to—an exquisite, LEGO-like builder deftly equipoised between structured and freeform play.

From Time ● Dec. 19, 2016

He will be a self-centered, equipoised, and ever master of himself.

From Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

He will be self-centred, equipoised, and ever master of himself.

From Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power by Orison Swett Marden

The Kentuckian's pulsations seem to be regulated by a gigantic and equipoised animal impulse.

From The Kentuckian in New-York, Volume I (of 2) or, The Adventures of Three Southerns by William Alexander Caruthers

This calling was too precarious to suit his equipoised mind.

From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by L. Carroll Judson




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