stasis
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That’s an unfortunate state to get stuck in, but much of the film industry finds itself in stasis right now.
From Salon • May 27, 2026
But Taylor’s stasis is interrupted by the news that he may be granted early parole.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
By the Reagan era, the stasis was obvious; in the first two decades of the 21st century, it began to putrefy.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026
But stasis doesn’t make for much of a climax, and as the couple wait in the snowbound airport, the setting also functions as a metaphor for the film as a whole.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
From the first days of contact, Europeans have perceived the Indians of the tropics as living in timeless stasis.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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