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stabilize

verb as in make or keep in steady state; make resistant to change

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This water from glaciers serves as a “stabilizing force” that can sustain mountain streams through droughts, Jones said.

Alternatively, he could have kept up the effort to stabilize the peso by spending still more billions of dollars previously borrowed from the International Monetary Fund.

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“One year of mortgage relief now will help people get stabilized, especially because many are having trouble getting access to their temporary housing payments due from their insurance,” she said.

Jail causes people to lose their jobs, medicines and access to stabilizing influences like family and religious groups.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a sweeping package of climate and environment bills aimed at reducing the cost of electricity, stabilizing gasoline prices and propping up California’s struggling oil industry.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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