stabilize
verb
sta·bi·lize
ˈstā-bə-ˌlīz 
stabilized; stabilizing
1
: to make stable, steadfast, or firm
2
: to hold steady: such as
a
: to maintain the stability of (something, such as an airplane) by means of a stabilizer
b
: to limit fluctuations of
stabilize prices
c
: to establish a minimum price for
: to become stable, firm, or steadfast
Examples of stabilize in a Sentence
The country's population has stabilized at 3.2 million.
The government's efforts to stabilize prices have not succeeded.
Even the administration's most vocal critics agree that the President has succeeded in stabilizing the economy.
We'll use ropes to stabilize the platform.
a process that stabilizes the vaccine
drugs that stabilize a patient's heartbeat
The pilots were able to stabilize the airplane and land safely.
Recent Examples on the Web
Turner’s opening statement asserted that EMTALA does not require doctors to break state laws to provide stabilizing emergency medical care.
—
Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 25 Apr. 2024
The law created a national minimum care standard for hospitals participating in Medicare by requiring them to offer stabilizing treatment to any patient with an emergency condition that threatens their life or health.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2024
New Jersey provides a limit of a five-day supply of opioids to stabilize chronic pain and in Pennsylvania the limit is seven days and other states have no limits, Turner said.
—USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024
Those fears were alleviated somewhat by recent deliveries of ammunition, in particular from the Czech Republic and Germany, which have at least partially stabilized the situation.
—Nataliya Gumenyuk, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2024
While overall relations have stabilized of late, tensions are growing over Chinese investments in manufacturing that risk leading to job losses among blue-collar workers.
—TIME, 18 Apr. 2024
For example, parts of Tokyo subsided a jaw-dropping 15 feet in the twentieth century, says Nicholls, but managed to stabilize the lowest parts of the city by enforcing strict groundwater rules.
—Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 18 Apr. 2024
The rescue crew flies to the man’s location and lands where paramedics had stabilized him on the beach just before 7 p.m., the video shows.
—Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 17 Apr. 2024
Once the roadway edge is stabilized, crews will install a temporary signal and open Highway 1 to unrestricted traffic using alternating one-way traffic control.
—Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2024
Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 25 Apr. 2024
The law created a national minimum care standard for hospitals participating in Medicare by requiring them to offer stabilizing treatment to any patient with an emergency condition that threatens their life or health.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2024
New Jersey provides a limit of a five-day supply of opioids to stabilize chronic pain and in Pennsylvania the limit is seven days and other states have no limits, Turner said.
—USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024
Those fears were alleviated somewhat by recent deliveries of ammunition, in particular from the Czech Republic and Germany, which have at least partially stabilized the situation.
—Nataliya Gumenyuk, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2024
While overall relations have stabilized of late, tensions are growing over Chinese investments in manufacturing that risk leading to job losses among blue-collar workers.
—TIME, 18 Apr. 2024
For example, parts of Tokyo subsided a jaw-dropping 15 feet in the twentieth century, says Nicholls, but managed to stabilize the lowest parts of the city by enforcing strict groundwater rules.
—Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 18 Apr. 2024
The rescue crew flies to the man’s location and lands where paramedics had stabilized him on the beach just before 7 p.m., the video shows.
—Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 17 Apr. 2024
Once the roadway edge is stabilized, crews will install a temporary signal and open Highway 1 to unrestricted traffic using alternating one-way traffic control.
—Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2024
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stabilize
verb
sta·bi·lize
ˈstā-bə-ˌlīz
stabilized; stabilizing
1
: to make or become stable, fixed, or firm
2
: to hold steady (as by means of a stabilizer)
Medical Definition
stabilize
verb
sta·bi·lize
variants
also British stabilise
stabilized also British stabilised; stabilizing also British stabilising
: to make stable
stabilize a patient's condition
: to become stable
when pulse and blood pressure respond and stabilize—Journal of the American Medical Association
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