steadied

past tense of steady

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for steadied
Verb
  • Cadrez’s two sons arrived with their mother not long after — and braced for the worst.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Hanoi/Beijing Reuters — Vietnam announced plans to evacuate more than half a million people and ordered boats to stay ashore, while the southern Chinese city of Sanya closed businesses and public transport on Sunday as both braced for an intensifying Typhoon Kajiki.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The Dolphins, however, bolstered a top-10 run defense in 2024.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
  • But while a federal crime crackdown looms over the city, a possible move only bolstered by the violent Labor Day weekend, local street outreach workers remain focused on their efforts to clamp down on the violence in the neighborhood.
    Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The four other occupants of the vehicle sustained nonfatal injuries and were treated on scene and at local hospitals, according to police.
    Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Dabrowski sustained the same injury in February of this year.
    The Athletic Tennis Staff, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The group exhausted legal remedies after a February 2025 Kentucky Supreme Court ruling that upheld a 2021 Metro Council vote to strip the building of its local landmark status, clearing the way for demolition.
    Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 3 Sep. 2025
  • For example, the court in January upheld a law aimed at banning TikTok just weeks after the social media giant appealed a lower court’s ruling.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Even as hiring slowed last month, the average length of the workweek stayed steady.
    John Cassidy, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • He was invited to Sandy Springs on a press trip and stayed at the Hyatt House Atlanta / Perimeter Center, which USA TODAY toured separately.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Even sparks or embers carried by the wind can ignite nearby leaves or grass, triggering a fire that spreads rapidly.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Jackson, on Thursday and in her book, credited much of her accomplishments to her birth into a post-Civil Rights America and to the support system that carried her through it.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • So that needs to be buttressed.
    Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Goldberg, co-chair of Paramount Pictures and Paramount Television, buttressed Ellison’s pledge to invest in strong family and YA-friendly movies and TV shows.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • This has for decades been underpinned by voluntary pricing agreements — voluntary in the sense that non-voluntary terms would have been worse — between the industry and the NHS.
    Ian King, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The #2, as it'll be called, will feature styling by Mercedes-Benz Design, underpinned by proprietary new all-electric architecture.
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Steadied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steadied. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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