stabilize
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The Financial Services Commission is seeking to stabilize a stock market that has seen wild swings as individual investors use debt to chase profits amid AI-related jitters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
When supported by both hind legs and the tail, the animal would have formed a tripodal stance, meaning that three points of contact helped stabilize its body.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
“U.S. Lime has a net-cash balance sheet. Texas is continuing to grow. Lime slurry is used to stabilize the ground for construction in Texas,” Monroe said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Sharaa wanted the U.S. to lift all Assad-era sanctions to help stabilize his country’s shaky political transition and repair its war-ravaged economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
They helped him stabilize his life and find his way back to college.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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The researchers say they still do not know exactly how APOE2 stabilizes the nuclear envelope and strengthens DNA repair.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
Waldorf had spelled out the catch-22 in her journal that morning: “If I need a blood transfusion and it stabilizes my condition, they cannot induce. If my temp continues to spike then they can induce.”
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
Costs naturally go up during such ramp-up phases, then come down when production stabilizes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
Its contracts with customers are “take or pay”—customers must either take all the chemicals they have agreed to buy for a number of years, or pay certain amounts, which stabilizes sales.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
It withstands dry weather and, although it is of little value as a tree and does not of itself build a rich soil, it stabilizes the alluvial lowlands and provides cover for better humus-producing vegetation.
From Area Handbook for Albania by Elpern, Sarah Jane
The US labor market has largely stabilized, with steady unemployment despite zigzagging job growth, leaving policymakers mostly focused on inflation.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
Analysts Michael Schaus and Matthew Finkelstein at U.S. research boutique Zweig-DiMenna pointed to renewed buying from the Chinese central bank as a very good indication the price might have finally stabilized.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
—The dollar edged lower as oil prices stabilized.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Philadelphia: Through the pioneering designs of inventor Oliver Evans, Philadelphia became a hub for the mechanical ice-making technology that stabilized the global food-supply chain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
The fire snaked around to the side of the pot, still a wild orange, spewing fumes; it had not yet stabilized to a clean blue.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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U.S. stocks were close to flat, with markets stabilizing after a tumultuous week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Failure to rebuild risks more unrest, creating a challenge not only for her hold on power but also for a U.S. administration that sees Rodríguez as vital to its plans for stabilizing Venezuela.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
The researchers said that protecting or stabilizing this lattice may offer a new way to slow neurodegeneration.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
The strategists said fundamentals are improving, the regulatory backdrop is stabilizing and stronger sentiment is helping to stabilize earnings expectations across parts of the sector.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Smirking, Celaena braced her blackened feet on a stabilizing bracket holding the pipe in place.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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