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stationary

[stey-shuh-ner-ee] / ˈsteɪ ʃəˌnɛr i /


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Unlike the auto business and its lower margins, high capital costs and “significant” labor-related risks, the stationary energy business has “much greater growth prospects,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

For the third act, which opens with the famous “Ride of the Valkyries,” Gehry designed paper sculpture horses in different poses of motion that, though stationary, activated the stage.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

That division, which launched with a $2 billion investment, seeks to turn batteries once destined for electric vehicles into stationary energy-storage systems for artificial-intelligence data centers, power utilities and large industrial customers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Norman Case, 58, was sitting in stationary traffic on the A12 near Kelvedon, Essex, in October 2024, when a black Mercedes went into the back of his vehicle.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

A small band of young men, the only stationary ones in the room, stood before the phonograph as if it were an altar.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole




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