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as in equilibrium
a condition in which opposing forces are equal to one another
when participating in any dangerous sport, one should maintain an equipoise between fearless boldness and commonsense caution
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as in offset
a force or influence that makes an opposing force ineffective or less effective
her frugality is a much-needed equipoise to her husband's spendthrift ways
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as in to balance
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Recent Examples of equipoise
WSJ, 3 Jan. 2022
Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
The politicization of what should be bipartisan information places facts and fiction in ideological equipoise for many outside the medical community.
—Brooke Redmond, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025
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Noun
The authors do a great job demonstrating that allowing respect for autonomy has, at a minimum, equipoise with the authoritarian approach, if not superiority, when considering a range of measures of health and happiness.
—WSJ, 3 Jan. 2022
Verb
People on both sides of the issue posited that, for all the claims of equipoise, the new rules at Harvard had been introduced with the goal of containing pro-Palestinian protest.
—Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
The politicization of what should be bipartisan information places facts and fiction in ideological equipoise for many outside the medical community.
—Brooke Redmond, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for equipoise
Noun
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That equilibrium was thought to be because of cloud cover.—
Ryan Green,
Scientific American,
22 Oct. 2025
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Moreover, the Fed is highly attuned to the downside risks to a labor market caught in a fragile ‘low hiring, low firing’ equilibrium.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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With an increasing share of capital migrating to passive, private credit provides compelling active management offset—and one that also contributes to the long-term health of our economy.—
Mike Terwilliger,
Fortune,
24 Oct. 2025
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The calendar, which is printed on carbon offset paper with vegetable inks, features a different rescue dog each month, each with their own survival story and wearing their own fabulous fascinator.—
Monique Jessen,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Meaning, his sons balance a hearty rotation of sports and academics, but the Farrers are also diligent about working in time for volunteer projects, too.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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But the Nuggets were balancing his negotiation with Braun’s.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Sift the flours into a mound in a large bowl or on a clean work counter and make a well in the center.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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Online commenters claiming to have attended the protests said some rallies were disrupted by supporters of the Counter-Racist Action Collective, an organization that has staged counter-protests in the past.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Son Heung-Min opened the scoring with a rocket in the first half, then Paxten Aaronson opened his Rapids account to equalize in the 62nd minute.—
Braidon Nourse,
Denver Post,
19 Oct. 2025
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The Revolution held a 1-0 lead for much of the match before Chicago equalized in the 82nd minute.—
Julian Cardillo,
Boston Herald,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Some of these values—such as a disciplined commitment to physical fitness—are good and, in my opinion, necessary correctives to the enervating distractions of 21st-century living.—
Dan Brooks,
The Atlantic,
2 Oct. 2025
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The 2025 College Rankings from Washington Monthly offer a corrective.—
Bruno V. Manno,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The other thing is that, rather than increasing with surface area, lift tends to drop because the sheets are more likely to equilibrate to the prevailing temperatures.—
Andrew Cunningham,
ArsTechnica,
14 Aug. 2025
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Housing would equilibrate if the city had a static population.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Aug. 2025
Verb
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United’s players were still adjusting to Amorim’s system.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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To test the effect of static charge on airborne nematodes, Ortega-Jiménez tethered living fruit flies to a live copper wire and adjusted the voltage between 100 and 700 volts, comparable to what insects would generate in the wild.—
Cody Cottier,
Scientific American,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Equipoise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equipoise. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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