STABILIZE Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

stabilize

verb

Definition of stabilize

as in to plateau

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as in to freeze

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Recent Examples of stabilize Even a 10-minute walk after breakfast can stabilize blood sugar levels and prevent a spike. — Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 5 Nov. 2026 Commissioners hired John Eller as their new county manager in June, hoping to stabilize county leadership after the upheaval. — Charlotte Observer, 4 Nov. 2026 This leaves the de facto SAF government without enough foreign currency needed to stabilize the pound’s value. — Mat Nashed, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Oct. 2026 Now Ruff has a decision to make, with Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen’s game starting to stabilize and Alex Lyon still working his way back from an upper-body injury that’s kept him out since the start of the season. — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stabilize

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Verb

But airlines and credit card companies don’t seem to think the lounge boom is going to plateau anytime soon.

— Liam Scott, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2026
Broadcom’s Tan cautioned that demand for computing infrastructure could slow if the adoption of advanced AI models disappoints or improvements in their capabilities begin to plateau.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of plateau

Verb

The questions about the papers were so significant that SSRN, the platform Polson used to share the research papers, took down the articles over the past month and froze the accounts used to post the works.

— TODD WALLACK THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026
New grid connections around Dublin were effectively frozen for three years.

— Serhiy Tokarev, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of freeze

Verb

An ace by Kalea Lee gave Mater Dei a 21-19 lead in the third set and another by Matavao had the Trinity League champions one set away from victory.

— Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
San Francisco residents turned out Saturday for the city's first neighborhood sandbag giveaway, part of an effort to protect homes and businesses ahead of what could be a record-setting El Niño winter.

— Da Lin, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of set

Verb

Before selecting the least uncomfortable version, ask which limits are fixed and which details can change.

— Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2026
Robots fix memories MIT researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence system that allows robots to identify, evaluate, and correct unreliable descriptions of objects stored in their memory.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026

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