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as in motionless
fixed in a place or position
the patient must remain immobile while he is in the MRI unit
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as in static
incapable of moving or being moved
a huge, immobile tree of an endangered species that the creators of the theme park decided to make part of the design
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Recent Examples of immobile
The irony was cruel, and all-too-glibly repeated around the world: The Man of Steel, laid low and nearly immobile, unable to breathe without a tube.
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Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 11 Oct. 2024
After a virus attacked her spinal cord and left her immobile from the waist down at age 13, Emily continued to create with a paintbrush held in her mouth.
—Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 3 Sep. 2024
That was compared to the 59.0 for the immobile Cousins who still is getting crushed somewhere by a Steelers defender.
—Terence Moore, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
Aerial footage taken by ABC Boston affiliate WCVB showed dozens of immobile dolphins lying on the coast on Friday afternoon, many of them covered in wet towels placed there by rescuers to keep the dolphins' skin from drying out.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 28 June 2024
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Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 11 Oct. 2024
After a virus attacked her spinal cord and left her immobile from the waist down at age 13, Emily continued to create with a paintbrush held in her mouth.
—Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 3 Sep. 2024
That was compared to the 59.0 for the immobile Cousins who still is getting crushed somewhere by a Steelers defender.
—Terence Moore, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
Aerial footage taken by ABC Boston affiliate WCVB showed dozens of immobile dolphins lying on the coast on Friday afternoon, many of them covered in wet towels placed there by rescuers to keep the dolphins' skin from drying out.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 28 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immobile
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This means moving beyond static, surface-level self-reporting on the company’s overall security posture and building security strategies that are designed to mitigate loss from risk that is shared across multiple organizations.Vishaal Hariprasad, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
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Both estrangement and reconciliation are not static states, Pillemer says.Fortesa Latifi, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
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These images would only show stationary objects, such as manufacturing plants and training camps, added Ivan Stupak, a former officer in Kyiv's SBU security service.David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
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The first is the use of generative AI techniques to synthesize life-like simulations of sensor data, traffic and pedestrian flow, road infrastructure and obstacles (other vehicles or stationary objects).Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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This prompted a standing ovation and choruses of pro-Trump chants.Charles Duhigg, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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In the biopic, Jolie, 49, transforms into the late opera singer Maria Callas, and prior to Sunday’s carpet, the mom of six was riding high from Maria garnering strong reviews as well as earning standing ovations at the Venice Film Festival, where Jolie cried, and the Telluride Film Festival.Brian Anthony Hernandez, People.com, 29 Sep. 2024
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There was still plenty of art to see, including a few works that are immovable.Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 10 Oct. 2024
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What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
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The dial is rendered in grand feu enamel in a way that creates an optical illusion as the watch moves – the idea is to create the effect of a raindrop falling on the still surface of a pond, with ripples radiating out from the seconds sub-dial.Carol Besler, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2024
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Through the subwoofer, the warm, rich strains of the cello vibrated in the still air of my living room.Adrienne So, WIRED, 1 Apr. 2020
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Steve Ditko buries Spider-Man under tons of unmovable, sci-machinery and wreckage, a weight that seems far above even the wall-crawler’s powers to escape from.Josh Weiss, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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In later years, such experiences coalesced into something unmovable.Andrea Mandell, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2024
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“Immobile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immobile. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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