steadying

present participle of steady

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for steadying
Verb
  • Engineers need to remove atoms only from the top sulfur layer while leaving the underlying layers intact.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 21 June 2026
  • In the case, which was investigated by IRS Criminal Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security, the feds investigated not only the underlying crimes but what happened after.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
Verb
  • What is difficult is sustaining them under pressure.
    Peter Doyle, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • His father operated multiple companies across different sectors, exposing him early to the mechanics of building and sustaining an enterprise.
    Ethan Stone, Miami Herald, 25 June 2026
Verb
  • County executive James Williams expects the most likely incoming governor, former Health Secretary Xavier Becerra, would be more supportive of bolstering healthcare funding, and maintains state support will be essential in coming years.
    Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 23 June 2026
  • In the Sunday talks, however, Tehran and Washington agreed on mechanism aimed at ensuring peace in Lebanon and bolstering security in the strait, through which a fifth of the world's oil would typically pass before the war.
    Khaled Wassef, CBS News, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • Manco only reluctantly starts carrying a gun after his first robbery, concerned that doing so would only lead to more violence.
    Elena Lazic, Variety, 26 June 2026
  • One of the historical laws Hawaii pointed to was an 1865 Louisiana statute, adopted after the Civil War, to prevent anyone from carrying a gun onto a plantation without the landowner’s permission.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 26 June 2026
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“Steadying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steadying. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.

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