1
as in steadfast
firm in one's allegiance to someone or something
even as wild accusations were circulating, she remained steady in her support for the candidate
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2
as in frequent
appearing or occurring repeatedly from time to time
a popular author who produces a steady output of best sellers year after year
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as in constant
not undergoing a change in condition
a steady breeze from the west
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as in unchanging
not varying
support for her presidential bid has been steady
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as in reliable
worthy of one's trust
a quiet but steady man who is one of the pillars of the community
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Recent Examples of steady
Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2026
And a steady stream of cars pass by them every day.
—ABC News, 27 Feb. 2026
Mallory Creveling, Health, 22 Oct. 2025
Hold your phone steady so the entire page is visible.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Luca Evans, Denver Post, 19 Feb. 2026
Now a junior shortstop at the heart of UCLA’s resurgence, Cholowsky occupies the most unforgiving real estate on the diamond — asked not just to steady the infield, but to restore the Bruins to the top rung of college baseball.
—Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
Changeable Uranus is in your typically steady sign, further destabilized by this square from Mars in your 10th House of Professionality.
—Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2026
And a steady stream of cars pass by them every day.
—ABC News, 27 Feb. 2026
Noun
Land softly, and keep your pelvis steady and your back straight.
—Mallory Creveling, Health, 22 Oct. 2025
Hold your phone steady so the entire page is visible.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
Former Broncos Super Bowl-winning offensive coordinator Rick Dennison, who was on Denver’s staff for several years with Dahlen in the front office, remembered Dahlen helping steady the roster in the period after Elway’s retirement.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 19 Feb. 2026
Now a junior shortstop at the heart of UCLA’s resurgence, Cholowsky occupies the most unforgiving real estate on the diamond — asked not just to steady the infield, but to restore the Bruins to the top rung of college baseball.
—Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for steady
Adjective
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But neither proposal has a clear path to passage with Republican majorities in both chambers and the White House’s steadfast commitment to tariffs.—
Justin Papp,
CNBC,
23 Feb. 2026
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My office is steadfast in its commitment to pursuing justice on their behalf.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
23 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The walls are decked out with perceptive studies of the Mustang landscape by the American painter Robert Powell, a frequent visitor to the region, and by drapes and banners referencing the colorful cloud curlicues of Thangka scrolls.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Feb. 2026
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My biggest advice as a frequent traveler?—
Julia Morlino,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Feb. 2026
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Kyiv is paying the price of the upheaval with constant churn and relentless loss, Ukrainians told me.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
24 Feb. 2026
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Stir-fry doesn’t mean constant stirring—color equals flavor.—
Claire Saffitz,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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When a soccer player runs downfield in anticipation of the ball being passed to them, the goal is to have the ball arrive where the player will be in the future, but that mental calculation is familiar to us, intuitively, because the soccer field itself is static and unchanging.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
25 Feb. 2026
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Corporate earnings are on pace to close out a fifth straight quarter of double-digit percentage gains, a positive but unchanging pace that clearly is now being fully anticipated by investors before the reports hit.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
23 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Yet there are realities of life without constant and reliable electricity beyond evenings by candlelight.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
24 Feb. 2026
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The second focuses on inclusion with companies committing to strengthening testing and evaluation of AI systems across underrepresented languages and cultural contexts, especially in the Global South, so that frontier AI models become more reliable and accessible beyond English‑speaking markets.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Firefighters put out the flames that engulfed the aircraft.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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Firefighters managed to put out the flames that engulfed the aircraft.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The spectacle consumed attention while leaving underlying structural questions untouched.—
Jay Caruso,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Feb. 2026
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The integration supports regulated custody options for XDC tokens and USDC on the XDC Network, contributing to the underlying infrastructure that corporates, exchanges, and financial institutions require before deploying capital on-chain.—
Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Meanwhile, the two Hall of Famers who were Motta’s most staunch advocates, 1988 inductee Wes Unseld and 2009 inductee Sloan, both died in 2020.—
Brad Townsend,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Feb. 2026
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José Andrés has since been one of the couple's staunchest supporters, and was even a guest on the second season of the duchess’s cooking show, With Love, Meghan.—
Diego Parrado,
Vanity Fair,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Steady.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steady. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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