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as in static
fixed in a place or position
the casino is actually in a nonmoving vessel permanently docked on the city's waterfront
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as in motionless
incapable of moving or being moved
all of the machine's nonmoving parts
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Unlike conventional ion traps that rely on oscillating radio-frequency fields, the Penning trap uses static electric and magnetic fields.
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Convinced of this, Einstein abandoned his model of the static universe.
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The video shows the motionless suspect in a gray hoodie lying facedown on a chair or sofa while still clutching the knife.
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Her bus got within 2 miles of the stadium after 25 minutes, and then sat motionless for 30 minutes at Raytown Road and Ozark Road intersection.
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The Clean Air Act is the federal law that regulates air emissions from stationary and mobile sources and governs air pollution.
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Should the luminiferous ether exist, then scientists reasoned that as the Earth orbits the sun at around 66,000 miles per hour (106,216 kilometers per hour), our planet should be moving through the ether, which had been deemed to be stationary.
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What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?
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For the most part, though, Eldridge has been too productive as a DH to sit, and Rafael Devers remains an immovable presence at either first base or DH.
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Prosecutors allege prolonged neglect According to charging documents cited by WNEM-TV5, prosecutors allege Casper was immobile, was not provided proper medical care or adequate nutrition, and was forced to live in unsafe conditions before his death.
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The question then becomes whether the immobile Goldin would stand as such an alternative.
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Firefighters were called to the 1300 block of West 73rd Street for a still and box fire.
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Now the second-most expensive Matisse painting to be sold at auction, La Chaise lorraine from 1919 is a still-life motif depicts a wooden chair upon which a plate of peaches is perched.
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In an April assessment, Control Risks already treated it as a standing planning assumption, which reprices redundancy, war-risk insurance and evacuation planning rather than compliance programmes.
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Audience members then gave the star a standing ovation.
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The Letang contract may be unmovable, too.
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Just weeks ago, Orbán had seemed practically inevitable, an unmovable facet of Hungarian politics.
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“Nonmoving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonmoving. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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