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The phrase "are stayed" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in legal contexts to indicate that a proceeding or action has been temporarily halted or suspended.
Example: "The court's decision indicates that all proceedings are stayed until further notice."
Alternatives: "are paused" or "are suspended".
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(The fines are stayed pending the appeals).
Because direct claims against the firm are stayed by bankruptcy proceedings, former Lehman executives have been named instead.
But now, my hands are stayed by the iron ground that then puddles itself into clay so wet that my chickens are swimming.
Although Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson stayed his breakup order, the company faces additional restrictions that -- unless they are stayed as well -- could be a handicap in executing those strategies.
During the growth, the catalyst particles are stayed constantly on the substrate.
As demonstrated in Figure 9, a longer time interval for scheduling trains results in a higher BS energy-saving ratio, because more BSs are stayed in the passive state.
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