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All in the balance synonyms

in the bal·an·cé
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adj in the balance

  • imminent — likely to occur at any moment; impending: Her death is imminent.
  • undecided — not decided or determined.
  • impending — about to happen; imminent: their impending marriage.
  • awaiting — waiting
  • continuing — not ended; ongoing
  • dependent — To be dependent on something or someone means to need them in order to succeed or be able to survive.
  • forthcoming — coming, forth, or about to come forth; about to appear; approaching in time: the forthcoming concert.
  • hanging — the way in which a thing hangs.
  • indeterminate — not determinate; not precisely fixed in extent; indefinite; uncertain.
  • ominous — portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious: an ominous bank of dark clouds.
  • undetermined — resolute; staunch: the determined defenders of the Alamo.
  • unsettled — not settled; not fixed or stable; without established order; unorganized; disorganized: an unsettled social order; still unsettled in their new home.
  • up in the air — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
  • pensile — hanging, as the nests of certain birds.
  • in line — (of an internal-combustion engine) having the cylinders ranged side by side in one or more rows along the crankshaft.
  • in the offing — the more distant part of the sea seen from the shore, beyond the anchoring ground.
  • in the works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
  • on board — provided, occurring, etc., on a vehicle: among the ship's many onboard services.
  • on line — operating under the direct control of, or connected to, a main computer.
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