balancing act

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balancing act

noun balancing acts

  1. A performance that involves balancing things precariously and suspensefully.

    Similar: equilibristics

  2. figuratively An effort to manage many conflicting or competing items or interests. While I have not found corroboration for King's claim, Ivy and Bean series author Annie Barrows has acknowledged that there is a delicate balancing act involved in representing free-range children today

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noun performance

Españolequilibrismo
Françaiséquilibrisme
Italianoequilibrismo

noun effort to manage conflicting interests

DeutschBalanceakt, Gratwanderung, Spagat

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@misc{balancing_act_2026,
  title = {balancing act},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/balancing%20act},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}