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
Art Spiegelman, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2025
Three years later, the same team showed how adding a single squirt of water to coffee beans before grinding can significantly reduce the static electric charge on the resulting grounds.
—ArsTechnica, 8 Apr. 2025
PCMAG, 26 Feb. 2025
But our planet’s magnetic field is far from static.
—New Atlas, 13 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
The static figures act like a metronome, marking time between the stanzas of his sharp-witted soliloquies and dialogues; the gestures and expressions function as stage directions.
—Art Spiegelman, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2025
Three years later, the same team showed how adding a single squirt of water to coffee beans before grinding can significantly reduce the static electric charge on the resulting grounds.
—ArsTechnica, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
The ambient sound controls only amplify the static.
—PCMAG, 26 Feb. 2025
But our planet’s magnetic field is far from static.
—New Atlas, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for static
Noun
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The complaint brings up Fashion Nova’s previous legal squabbles with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
9 Apr. 2025
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More than once Snook squabbles with one of her video incarnations over ownership of the narration.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Police believe a vehicle collided with a stationary commercial sweeper at that location.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Apr. 2025
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The storms were fueled by a stationary atmospheric river last week that spawned dozens of tornadoes and overwhelmed communities with up to 16 inches of rain in four days – a 100-to-1,000-year rainfall event, meteorologists said.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The messaging also included criticism of U.S. policy that echoed China's public statements.—
Beijing and Washington Bureaus,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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For an artist so focused on the future, criticism doesn’t slow him down.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Abrego García, 29, was deported on March 15 despite a standing immigration court ruling from 2019 barring his removal to El Salvador due to credible threats from gangs targeting his family’s pupusa business.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
11 Apr. 2025
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Read Next World Local’s theory about ancient standing stone in UK forest turns out to be true.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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No arrests were made, and there was no further investigation into the dispute.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Approach with caution, look at reviews, and maybe don’t use your main credit card (or at least keep your bank’s dispute line handy).—
Francesca Krempa,
StyleCaster,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Sometimes they are also used off-label, for treatment-resistant depression, or catatonia, a syndrome that can cause a patient to move in unusual ways, become immobile or stop talking.—
Christina Caron,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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Photos from the scene showed snow pounding down as cars sat immobile in the center of the highway.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Combs’ defense team made arguments for delaying the trial up to two months, but the judge was not swayed.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Gregory, who became known as Gregory the Great, had reasons to advance such an argument.—
Eliza Griswold,
New Yorker,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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King Userkaf’s family relationships are a subject of scholarly debate, but he’s generally believed to have been the father of at least one son, Sahure, who later became pharaoh.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
18 Apr. 2025
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Whether that’s primarily on the players for not handling that like professionals, or on Briere for not recognizing the impact that losing Laughton (and, to a lesser extent, Erik Johnson) would have on the group, is up for debate.—
Kevin Kurz,
New York Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Static.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/static. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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