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stables 1 of 2

noun

plural of stable
as in troops

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stables

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of stable
as in homes

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stables
  1. troops
  2. rooms
  3. forces
  4. sheds
  5. corps
  6. camps
  7. hosts
  8. houses
Noun
  • More than 20,000 soldiers and police forces were deployed for elections, while troops carrying long guns patrolled roadsides.
    — Teresa Cerojano, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Non-citizen recruits and Hispanic troops are not the same population.
    — Steven Beynon, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of troops
Verb
  • Davis rooms with his childhood friends Kel (Nicholas Duvernay), who quits medical school in the premiere to pursue his dream of acting, and Josh (Jack Martin), a journalist whose idealism and sense of ethics do not extend to using his media CEO dad to land a gig as a PA on a news show.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 2 June 2026
  • The side rooms off the main gallery contain playful areas that everyone from kids to grown adults will enjoy.
    — Jenny Hughes, The Spruce, 9 Apr. 2026
Definition of rooms
Noun
  • Immediately afterward, a second microwave pulse flips the atom into the opposite state, so the superposition that’s flying upward changes into magnetically blind one, and starts falling under gravity with no other forces influencing it.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Yemeni government forces and their allies are relocating south along the Red Sea coast to Dhubab on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, across from Perim Island, according to government military sources.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of forces
Verb
  • An inquiry into the case’s effect on LAPD recruitment efforts is ongoing, but an internal investigation sheds new light on the unit at the center of a scandal.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The University of East Anglia announced the new research, which sheds light on the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, in August.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of sheds
Noun
  • Weiss restocked the program’s correspondent corps with one new full-timer — Ross Douthat, the longtime conservative opinion writer for the New York Times — and several new contributors, none of whom showed up in the premiere.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The dean of the group, the highly respected Roble Olhaye of Djibouti, reminded us that the diplomatic corps had been advocating for AGOA for five years.
    — semafor.com, semafor.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of corps
Verb
  • Concertgoers are surely used to the fan archetype who camps outside the venue for hours to secure a spot along the barricade, but the lines outside Nationals Park on Wednesday didn’t hold the promise of a better view.
    — Kendall Staton, Washington Post, 25 July 2026
  • That sounds like a figure of speech because nobody camps out overnight for tickets anymore.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Definition of camps
Noun
  • The first three hosts for the season span a vast array of celebrity types.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2026
  • This September, the co-hosts will be joined by Jessica Lange, Andrew Garfield, Sarah Paulson, Billie Lourd, Maisie Williams; the cast of East of Eden, including Florence Pugh, Christopher Abbott and Mike Faist, with executive producer Zoe Kazan.
    — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of hosts
Verb
  • The arrest also comes just after the restaurant announced its intent to restart business inside the building that houses Maggie’s Pub in Whittier.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The building that houses the Brigham and Women’s Hospital emergency department opened in 2022.
    — Brittany Trang, STAT, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of houses
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