stabilizer

Example Sentences

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The ACL acts as a stabilizer in the knee, preventing it from buckling and keeping the tibia from moving too far forward.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026

There’s an automatic market stabilizer too: If JGB yields top 3%, they become more attractive to Japanese banks and insurers than U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

Two are mounted under the wings, and a third is built into the tail at the base of the vertical stabilizer.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025

It subsequently became apparent that the pitch-up problem could also occur at low airspeeds, which would require that the horizontal stabilizer be adjusted farther to achieve a similar effect.

From Salon • Jan. 26, 2024

In the distance, the Pleiades ship’s gravity stabilizer starts to hum, louder and louder.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera