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
Verb
  • Philadelphia School District officials told CBS News Philadelphia that schools are responsible for determining how students' devices will be secured during the school day.
    — Wakisha Bailey, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Knizner secured the ball, but the winning run scored as Knizner couldn’t get his foot on the plate.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of secured
Verb
  • The Foscarini Signature Suite (which housed the Doge) is approximately 966 square feet and also offers Grand Canal views.
    — Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Off-grid residents blur the line between housed and homeless, as county officials juggle lax enforcement, environmental damage, real estate scams and calls to legalize basic services such as addresses and trash pickup.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of housed
Verb
  • The father-daughter duo has set up shop ensconced in the woods, herding donkeys and so far evading the violence closing in on them from the outside.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 Aug. 2026
  • To make potty training less stressful for everyone, choose a time when your little one is safely ensconced in the steady rhythm of routine and you’re relaxed and able to devote your attention to the task at hand.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of ensconced
Verb
  • As the plane boarded, Steve Buckingham happened to come through the hatch.
    — Martha Ackmann, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Six days later, 25-year-old Los Angeles resident Naomi Greer-Wilkinson boarded X2 during a day at the park with her twin brother and younger sister.
    — Blake Ellis, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of boarded
Verb
  • Videos have shown several soldiers shaking hands, sharing drinks and praying with the settlers camped outside the Palestinians’ homes.
    — Guy Davies, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • In Pereira, families camped in Olaya Herrera park covered their tents with plastic, while flooding was reported at Hospital Universitario San Jorge.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of camped
Verb
  • 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
  • Last December, Temu owner PDD Holdings—a multinational commerce group domiciled in the Cayman Islands and registered in Ireland that’s better known as Pinduoduo—had two of its global facilities raided by European Union regulators over worries over possible Chinese state subsidies.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 1 May 2026
Definition of domiciled
Verb
  • The evidence suggests that back then a thicker, ancient atmosphere sheltered flowing streams and sparkling lakes.
    — Ashwin R. Vasavada, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The space station has had a leak on the Russian side for several years, and astronauts recently and briefly sheltered in a Crew Dragon during discussions of a fix.
    — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of sheltered
Verb
  • The biggest games, the greatest stages, have been quartered off by a velvet rope.
    — Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 13 June 2026
  • This side of deeply roasted, tender sweet potatoes comes quartered and seasoned with GK’s take on togarashi.
    — Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Apr. 2026
Definition of quartered
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“Stabled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stabled. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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