steadied

past tense of steady

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for steadied
Verb
  • But Preller and others in the organization had braced for Shildt’s potential departure.
    Dennis Lin, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Traders also braced for a a speech by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, who may offer more insights into future monetary policy.
    Liz Napolitano,Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • There is more with Misa and Dickinson, as the Sharks bolstered their lineup with more veterans up front and on defense.
    Eric Stephens, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Mellanni’s reputation in the bedding department is bolstered by tens of thousands of glowing reviews.
    Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The team came into Friday’s win-or-go-home game shorthanded after forward Satou Sabally sustained a concussion late in Game 3 and suffered another blow when forward Alyssa Thomas appeared to injure her shoulder before halftime.
    Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
  • New York Rangers center Vincent Trocheck is out week to week with an upper-body injury sustained in Thursday’s 4-0 win against the Buffalo Sabres, the team announced Saturday morning.
    Peter Baugh, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That’s despite the fact that the court – just two years ago − upheld the section of the Voting Rights Act that’s again being scrutinized.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
  • In 2023, the Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s interpretation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in a similar racial gerrymandering case in Alabama.
    Sam D. Hayes, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Protests have mostly stayed peaceful with occasional arrests among pro-Trump and anti-Trump individuals on site.
    Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has temporarily stayed an earlier order blocking the federalization of the Oregon National Guard but left in place the ban on deploying federalized troops into Portland.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • While Sachsen-class AAW frigates have carried the burden of air defense, the F125s were largely kept out of high-threat zones because of their limited missile range.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Both healthy and sick sea stars carried a ton of Vibrio bacteria—which was expected, since the genus is found all over the ocean.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Israel’s actions have drawn widespread international condemnation, but Netanyahu and his government have been buttressed by the support of their most important ally, the United States.
    Niall Stanage, The Hill, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Murdoch’s media muscle has been increasingly buttressed by his Wall Street Journal revenues as well as those of the doctrinaire Fox News.
    Peter Bart, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But it’s underpinned by careful management of the peso, which kept the lid on import prices – while storing up strains.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Originals have underpinned the strategy, sitting alongside international hits such as Squid Game, Adolescence and Money Heist.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Steadied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steadied. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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