steadied

past tense of steady

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for steadied
Verb
  • At exactly noon on New Year’s Day, about 20 people braced their feet against the silty shore of Lake Natoma, hopping and fidgeting to warm themselves.
    Annika Merrilees, Sacramento Bee, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Trinidad and Tobago declared a state of emergency on Monday as the government braced for reprisal shootings after an attempt on a gang leader’s life, officials said.
    Reuters, NBC News, 30 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • An anterior cruciate ligament injury sustained in 2019 did not adversely impact on his progress.
    Felipe Cardenas, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Officers gave the victim first aid, who had sustained multiple gunshot wounds, police said.
    Ikram Mohamed, Chicago Tribune, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • As Reuters reports, Indonesia's Ministry of Industry has upheld its ban on the iPhone 16 because Apple has yet to meet its domestic content rules.
    Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Other coalitions are arguing the ban should be upheld, including former national security officials, former officials at the Federal Communications Commission and activist groups that advocate on behalf of the Uyghur people, people in Hong Kong and others against the Chinese government.
    Alison Durkee, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The Heat carried that momentum into the second half, beginning the third quarter on a 26-16 run to extend its lead to 20 points midway through the period.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2025
  • His unwillingness to yield to villains and become crushed by his past is one of the most identifiable traits that has carried the character through years of origin stories.
    Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • There was another story that underlay the peace negotiations, and that was the story of the love between Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter.
    Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2024
  • The consumer welfare philosophy also underlay U.S. negotiations that resulted in international antitrust cooperation agreements and in competition chapters within bilateral and multilateral trade agreements.
    Alden Abbott, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Now, at 35 years old, those days of recognition are in the review mirror for Meri, an enthroned diva who can’t let go of the past and is bored by her mundane present.
    Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are officially single, weeks after settling divorce Reiterating that there was no huge, singular issue to blame for their split, Affleck argued that the details behind their breakup would probably bore most people.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 25 Mar. 2025
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“Steadied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steadied. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.

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