as in motionless
fixed in a place or position
the static installation of the statue in that niche means that no one will ever see its back, which is also of interest
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as in squabble
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Recent Examples of static
Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
Focus your eyes in the dark and watch the static bloom.
—Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Jakob Roze, Health, 8 Apr. 2026
There could be a massive turnaround, businesses flocking to the city, government aid turning the spigot back on, costs remaining static.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
Wage garnishment isn't necessarily static.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
Focus your eyes in the dark and watch the static bloom.
—Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Noun
Lying Leg Raises Lying leg raises target your lower abs by keeping your torso static while creating tension by lifting your legs off the floor straight into the air.
—Jakob Roze, Health, 8 Apr. 2026
There could be a massive turnaround, businesses flocking to the city, government aid turning the spigot back on, costs remaining static.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for static
Adjective
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At the sweet sound of the final whistle, Martin Odegaard rolled onto the turf and lay there motionless.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Video from the scene showed Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters using a jack to raise the wreckage of a car off a motionless person and check for vital signs.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Season two is largely about power dynamics and money squabbles between players, co-workers, family members and friends.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Apr. 2026
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The playground squabbles should be sorted out with a good clout round to the head.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
21 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Potential future applications for the technology include electric vehicles, humanoid robotics, and stationary energy storage systems.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Apr. 2026
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Ground Covers * Use in-ground sprinklers; select stationary heads for plantings more than a foot tall and low-precipitation-rate heads for ground covers (including lawns) on a slope.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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His first collection, Death of a Naturalist, was published by Faber and Faber in 1966 and was followed by eleven other volumes of poetry, as well as collections of literary criticism, anthologies, translations, and verse plays.—
Nick Laird,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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With Minnesota viewing them as soft, the Nuggets hardly seem bothered by the criticism.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Fitness enthusiasts will enjoy the more than 1,700-square-foot gym along with daily classes like beach yoga and water sports like kayaks and standing paddle boards.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Apr. 2026
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Manning received a standing ovation.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The unresolved regulatory boundaries have led to numerous legal disputes with the states and tribes that regulate and tax gambling.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
24 Apr. 2026
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This week, the dispute between The Deb actress Charlotte MacInnes and its director, Rebel Wilson, spilled into the Federal Court in Australia, and Jake has been tracking the story.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Also on display at Greene Naftali are a number of his immobile fabric figures and abstract line drawings.—
Dawn Chan,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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Searching for immobile subjects involves moving slowly and stopping to look around you (including behind, below and above).—
Jennifer McRae,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The defendant got into some sort of argument with Velasquez, who was sitting on a stool outside the store, before the deadly conflict.—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2026
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As the argument continued, Alexander and his 62-year-old father, in turn, urinated on his neighbor’s yard in apparent retaliation for the dog’s actions, prosecutors say.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Static.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/static. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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