stabilize

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Recent Examples of stabilize The only thing that matters is that the black holes acquire enough charge to stabilize their decays and prevent them from evaporating. Paul Sutter, Space.com, 8 Apr. 2025 This could help explain why markets stabilized in midday trading. Jeff Marks, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2025 The groups said the administration was also reconsidering the tax and registration requirement of AR-style pistols equipped with stabilizing braces, an accessory that was legal for years until Biden’s ATF flipped on the issue as part of the former president’s bid to ban the firearms. Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 7 Apr. 2025 As Bay Area schools face multimillion dollar budget deficits and the Trump administration has threatened to withhold federal education dollars, a new bill from a South Bay Democrat aims to level the playing field and stabilize school funding in California. Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stabilize
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stabilize
Verb
  • Alternatively, flu cases could plateau for a while.
    Emily Anthes, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Rising grain and corn costs eliminate some of the hope that inflation could plateau in the second half of the year.
    Patrick Thomas and Alistair MacDonald, WSJ, 6 Mar. 2022
Verb
  • Temperatures can rise to the 80s, then quickly plummet to freezing when an unexpected cold snap arrives.
    Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 2 Apr. 2025
  • On March 25, the Wall Street Journal reported that HHS was considering freezing $27.5 million out of the more than $200 million allocated for Title X’s annual budget.
    Chantelle Lee, Time, 2 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • But 63% of the company’s apparel and accessories products are manufactured in Jordan, Vietnam, Cambodia or Indonesia; Trump had initially set tariff rates of 20%, 46%, 49% and 32%, respectively, on those nations.
    Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Moira disappears after setting the lab on fire, leading to what soon becomes the show’s deadliest call yet.
    Andy Swift, TVLine, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The best hair gloss treatments can fix that in no time, reinvigorating your style with undeniable shine.
    Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2025
  • These setbacks, caused by systemic problems that can be fixed, ripple through families and neighborhoods and create instability and unsafe conditions for all of us.
    Arne Duncan, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025

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“Stabilize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stabilize. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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