stabilize

verb

Definition of stabilizenext
1
as in to plateau

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2
as in to freeze

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Recent Examples of stabilize Contractors spent Saturday working to stabilize the building as fire marshals gathered evidence. — Adi Guajardo, CBS News, 8 Aug. 2026 The subsidies — formally the Part D Premium Stabilization Demonstration — were enacted in 2024 to stabilize premiums in the wake of the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act, which shifted some Part D costs to the insurers. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026 Consuming coffee with or after breakfast can help stabilize energy. — Erin Hooker Published, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Aug. 2026 The yen purchase comes less than a year after Bessent used the ESF to help stabilize the Argentine peso ahead of the country’s midterm elections. — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stabilize
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stabilize
  1. plateau
  2. freeze
  3. set
  4. fix
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  • These are the skills that will separate workers who thrive from those who plateau.
    — Dan Schawbel, CNBC, 6 July 2026
  • Without that, even a technically clean website with good content will plateau in the rankings.
    — Landon Murie, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Definition of plateau
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  • BitOK puts the drop in median time from submission to freeze at 44% on Ethereum and 23% on Tron, and found a same-block urgent mode used in about one case in six.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • For example, make our Blueberry and Cream Cheese Coffee Cake Muffins in the summer orturn a bumper crop of zucchini into Zucchini Bread to be frozen whole or sliced to enjoy in the fall.
    — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of freeze
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  • That score held until two outs in the ninth, when Smith delivered the game-tying single that set the Giants’ latest loss in motion.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The data points for July will also help set the economic backdrop ahead of the Fed’s annual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium at the end of August, where traders will search for hints on the trajectory of rates.
    — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of set
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  • Mosser has not come to the negotiating table just yet, but Richardson says his office is determined to fix a wrong.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • By identifying exactly what the frustration concerns before reacting, leaders are more likely to channel emotion toward fixing broken systems instead of attacking individuals.
    — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
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