How to Use steady state in a Sentence

steady state

noun
  • They are forced to stay on their toes and are in a steady state of readiness.
    Jeff Wilson, star-telegram, 4 Mar. 2018
  • The team kept the magnet energized in a steady state for about 5 hours.
    IEEE Spectrum, 15 July 2023
  • There's going to have to be a steady state of coexistence.
    CBS News, 9 Oct. 2019
  • The moon can be seen moving relative to the steady state background of distant stars.
    Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 17 July 2018
  • The lack of sunshine means temperatures will be in a fairly steady state all day.
    Katie McInerney, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Reaching that steady state isn’t like turning a page on a calendar.
    Jamie Ducharme, Time, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Gusty southwest winds keep temperatures in a nearly steady state with lows in the upper 50s to low 60s.
    David Streit, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Once symptoms begin, people usually are in a steady state of illness for about a week to 10 days.
    Erin Allday, SFChronicle.com, 2 Oct. 2020
  • But astronauts haven’t lived on the ISS long enough for scientists to say for sure that these changes to the body will ultimately reach a steady state.
    Shi En Kim, Science, 2 Dec. 2020
  • Some folks forecast that there could be a decrease in the number of folks who are arriving, some folks say an increase and some folks could see a steady state.
    Daniel Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2023
  • The group suggests that the heating process facilitates co-assembly of small RNAs and lipids in the decoctions to reach a steady state.
    Chao Yan, Scientific American, 17 June 2020
  • Still, the defaults highlight how a steadier state sector has come at a cost to private enterprise.
    Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, 31 July 2018
  • That was during a post-glacial period, hydrologists point out, when the lake was seeking a steady state.
    New York Times, 17 May 2020
  • Given this, the 'steady state' academic R0 must be higher than 1 - perhaps a lot higher.
    Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 19 Feb. 2015
  • The company plans to bring it online by 2024, with an additional year to reach a steady state of production.
    Felix Njini, Fortune, 19 Nov. 2021
  • Extended periods of steady state cardio, like jogging, won’t do much to cut down your spare tire.
    Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Instead, these have turned into smaller, more predictable bumps in transmission in the summer and winter as the nation reaches a kind of steady state with the virus.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Someone who is muscular can consume more protein and glucose to maintain a steady state.
    Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2023
  • When a battery is new, there can be some noticeable degradation as the battery settles into its steady state.
    Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 28 May 2024
  • The steady state model suggested that the universe had no beginning and had always been expanding.
    Mara Johnson-Groh, Discover Magazine, 3 Jan. 2020
  • That suggests there’s some thoughtfulness behind your gratitude practices and your steady state isn’t joy.
    BostonGlobe.com, 13 Apr. 2021
  • Most lights using alkaline batteries dim, but the use of lithium batteries pre- vents the typical discharge curve and keeps the lumens in a steady state.
    Outside Online, 14 Aug. 2020
  • Yet even then, the volatile performance of this season has made clear that the 2021 campaign did not mark the beginning of a steady state of contention fueled by an overflowing talent pipeline.
    Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2022
  • As a form of low-impact steady state (LISS) cardio, walking is one of the most accessible ways to lose weight and improve your cardiovascular health.
    Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 22 Jan. 2023
  • The planet’s climate is well established to oscillate between two steady states: the icehouse (when, at a minimum, both poles whiten) and the steamier greenhouse phase, glacier-free.
    Rebecca Giggs, The New York Review of Books, 30 Nov. 2023
  • But smaller competitor iFit only dropped 16.5% over the same time period, and basically reached a steady state in June rather than August.
    John Koetsier, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021
  • But the majority of people, Pillemer says, do return to a steady state once the immediate crisis subsides.
    Jamie Ducharme, Time, 11 June 2021
  • The campaign needed someone able to dial into a steady state of rage on a moment’s notice, even a high-mileage ex-politician scarcely known to a younger generation of voters.
    New York Times, 8 Dec. 2019
  • Tallman suggests doing intervals, rather than cycling at a steady state, to get the biggest fat-burning payoff on a stationary bike.
    Amy Marturana, SELF, 11 Dec. 2017
  • This is defined as a steady state of physical, internal, and chemical conditions.
    Mark Anderson, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'steady state.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: