STABILIZE Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

stabilize

verb

Definition of stabilize

as in to plateau

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plateau

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as in to freeze

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Recent Examples of stabilize That happened during the COVID-19 market sell-off in March 2020, when some bond ETFs traded at unusually wide premiums and discounts to their NAVs even as APs worked to stabilize prices. — Debbie Carlson, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 July 2026 This emergency shoring is a measure to stabilize the building, and additional stabilization work will be done throughout the evening and coming days, the official said. — ABC News, 7 July 2026 Evidence from school policy research shows that for most, the challenges stabilize over time. — Elizabeth Dowdell, The Conversation, 6 July 2026 After he was born, Geno spent the first five months of his life in the neonatal intensive care unit as specialists worked to stabilize his condition, according to the Cleveland Clinic. — Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for stabilize

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These are the skills that will separate workers who thrive from those who plateau.

— Dan Schawbel, CNBC, 6 July 2026
Without that, even a technically clean website with good content will plateau in the rankings.

— Landon Murie, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026

Definition of plateau

Verb

But the freeze covers only about 28% of the total housing stock in the city, and critics allege that freezing rents will only make the housing shortage worse.

— Scott Cohn, CNBC, 10 July 2026
Xinhua said the factory’s owner and managers were arrested and the company’s accounts were frozen.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026

Definition of freeze

Verb

The fall occurred just hours after Calleja set a personal best in the Gold Coast half-marathon, 7 News reported.

— Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
Ngo was conscious to include not only female designers (historically underrepresented in cutlery design), but also those who would use the brief to make a typical Western cutlery set more applicable to different cultures.

— Jessica Salter, CNN Money, 7 July 2026

Definition of set

Verb

Marciano beats are muted in the way museum décor aims to keep eyes fixed on the vibrance of the collection.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 8 July 2026
Sport scientist Clemens Brunner employs high-tech gait and movement analysis to produce insoles to fix my gait, and PT Thomas Glinka in the Technogym addresses tight hamstrings, calf tension, and right-foot pronation with take-home exercises.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2026

Definition of fix

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