stabled

verb

past tense of stable
as in secured

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stabled
  1. secured
  2. housed
  3. ensconced
  4. boarded
  5. camped
  6. domiciled
  7. sheltered
  8. quartered
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  • The defense contractor has secured a three-year agreement worth up to $60 million to advance the weapon through flight performance testing.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Roy was part of the team that secured a $17-billion settlement from Meta in a landmark case this year, and has tried many cases decided by judges, rather than jury panels.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of secured
Verb
  • On Thursday, the Kansas City Royals and architecture firm Populous revealed new renderings for the stadium, which will be housed in Crown Center.
    — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The service station, which was in a small town on the Adriatic Coast, also housed a restaurant.
    — Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of housed
Verb
  • To be ensconced within a reading cohort is bliss, and falling off the cart can be demoralizing.
    — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Andrew Schulz is a shock comedian firmly ensconced in the Joe Rogan and Kill Tony universes, while Eric Andre is an Adult Swim legend beloved on the opposite side of the alternative comedy spectrum.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of ensconced
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  • The deal was negotiated by MK2 Films, which boarded the film for sales prior to the Venice film festival, and Neon.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The deal was negotiated by MK2 Films, who boarded the film for sales prior to the Venice film festival, and Neon.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of boarded
Verb
  • George, Louise and her kids camped in Garden of the Gods, at Shawnee National Forest.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • To make this documentary, Fielder, Oppenheim, and their crew camped out with Holmes, her partner Billy Evans, and their two small children, observing their lives up-close—or as up-close as possible.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of camped
Verb
  • These include whether a stock is a nano float (under 1 million), whether a company is domiciled in certain foreign countries and exercising extreme caution when spotting possible overseas manipulation.
    — David Capablanca, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Black people who were enslaved were undoubtedly domiciled here, but the same is not true of temporary visitors.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
Definition of domiciled
Verb
  • Plage des Dames is a particularly beautiful beach, its historic white wooden beach huts sheltered by oaks.
    — Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Many migrants who remained in Ceuta have sheltered in Muslim neighborhoods, sleeping on streets, in doorways and in makeshift tent camps and centers run by NGOs and locals.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of sheltered
Verb
  • One of the animals had been fully skinned while the other had been quartered.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The biggest games, the greatest stages, have been quartered off by a velvet rope.
    — Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 13 June 2026
Definition of quartered
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