equipoise
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As Sam Sacks writes of this posthumously published collection of short stories, “Segal never loses her equipoise, or her sense of humor, in these most extreme confrontations with mortality.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 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
In medicine, when there is genuine uncertainty as to whether the benefits of a treatment outweigh the harms - called equipoise - some ethicists argue there's a moral obligation to scientifically study such treatments.
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
When power was thus nicely equipoised, there was a natural tendency to avoid conflicting issues.
From The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) by William Hunt
When the brain is wearied by the passions, appetite and digestion are almost gone….There is nowhere perfect health, save when the passions are well regulated, harmonized, and equipoised.
From Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics by Joel Dorman Steele
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
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
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