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adjective

as in stable

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verb

past tense of stabilize
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as in plateaued

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as in fixed

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Recent Examples of stabilized
Adjective
That approach would also likely mean fewer stabilized units, because lower-income people might find even the lower prices expensive. — Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 The four were in stabilized condition, the base said. — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 18 May 2026 And out goes the window Mamdani’s rash promise to freeze rents in stabilized units, otherwise landlords would go bankrupt. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026 The best-case outcome, then, is likely a stabilized confrontation—confined to the political, economic, and diplomatic spheres and carefully insulated from military escalation—in which neither side can achieve a decisive victory. — Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025 According to Merio, the Milvus gimbal (a stabilized camera/turret unit) houses electro-optical and infrared sensors plus the laser designator. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stabilized
  1. stable
  2. fixed
  3. balanced
  4. froze
  5. steady
  6. set
Adjective
  • That has left oil supplies being released in intermittent waves, rather than returning to the stable, steady flow seen in the past.
    — , CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Unlike many other regions, Australian largetooth sawfish appear to have maintained relatively stable genetic diversity since at least the 1960s.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of stable
Verb
  • The science is catching up to what consumers have been smelling for decades and that science shows aroma is engineerable rather than fixed, with entire families of previously unidentified compounds still being mapped.
    — Peter Su, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • And those rates are fixed, allowing savers to earn a predictable return in an otherwise unpredictable economy.
    — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of fixed
Adjective
  • This well-balanced and resilient Braves squad is clearly built for a deep postseason run.
    — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Second-year head coach Matt Hatchette promises a balanced offensive attack.
    — Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of balanced
Verb
  • Recently, while working on a writing project, my computer froze.
    — Harvey Levine, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The plant, just outside Harare, is now fully operational, months after the government froze the export of raw minerals ahead of a complete ban next year.
    — Jenny Vaughan, semafor.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of froze
Adjective
  • The Fed opted to hold interest rates steady at its meeting last week, but central bankers appeared divided over the move.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Erotic thrillers, a genre which peaked in the 1980s and ‘90s, have also been making a slow but steady comeback.
    — David Mack, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of steady
Verb
  • That score held until two outs in the ninth, when Smith delivered the game-tying single that set the Giants’ latest loss in motion.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The data points for July will also help set the economic backdrop ahead of the Fed’s annual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium at the end of August, where traders will search for hints on the trajectory of rates.
    — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
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