steadied

past tense of steady

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for steadied
Verb
  • Lecornu now faces the dual challenge of steering France out of its financial morass while leading a government braced for mass protests.
    Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The news organization vigorously defended the story at the time and braced to fight the legal action.
    Niall Stanage, The Hill, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The weekly jobs report stole the spotlight, as an unexpected jump to multiyear highs bolstered fears about cracks in the labor market.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
  • In doing so, lottery officials said the player ended up with three $50,000 winning tickets, meaning her $2 mistake bolstered her win to $150,000.
    Daniella Segura, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • White Bear Lake was inside the red zone, trailing by six in the fourth quarter when star quarterback Oluwatomi Animasaun sustained an injury that forced him to exit the contest on fourth down.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025
  • These state powerhouses both sustained narrow defeats to out-of-state opponents during opening week.
    Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The decision upheld a previous denial by the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission over traffic concerns raised by city officials and in more than 300 public comments.
    Rose Evans September 10, Idaho Statesman, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Yesterday, an appeals court upheld that $83 million award.
    Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Those already inside the gate stayed close to camp out of necessity, while those still outside were stuck in their vehicles — some for up to 20 hours — in the infamous one-lane traffic jam into Black Rock City (BRC).
    Denver Nicks, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Reijnders joined the club at the age of seven and stayed for five years.
    Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Only three currently represent districts Harris carried last year.
    W. James Antle III, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The guardrail to this application is ensuring the rules, framework and sourcing are continually validated, and that assumptions are not allowed to be carried versus validated continually.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 11 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
  • In Humphrey's Executor (1935), the Court unanimously held that presidents cannot remove independent agency members without cause, a landmark ruling that underpinned the rise of the modern administrative state.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Europe’s private equity industry is also seeing stronger hiring momentum, underpinned by macroeconomic shifts such as the start of rate-cutting cycles.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Steadied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steadied. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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