ballast
Example Sentences
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Bonds act as a ballast in many investors’ portfolios by providing stability, income and diversification that is supposed to offer some measure of protection when the stock market stumbles.
From MarketWatch
Bonds act as a ballast in many investors’ portfolios by providing stability, income and diversification that is supposed to offer some measure of protection when the stock market stumbles.
From MarketWatch
Anything that adds ballast and soaks up the warm bits without overpowering them earns a spot here.
From Salon
Equally important, its array of other businesses—cloud computing, IT consulting, artificial intelligence, and various hardware and software products—provides valuable ballast that can keep the company on course even if quantum doesn’t pan out.
From Barron's
Heat at the base of a continent can weaken and remove part of its dense root, making the continent lighter and more buoyant, like a hot air balloon rising after dropping its ballast.
From Science Daily
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
