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stabilize

[stay-buh-lahyz] / ˈsteɪ bəˌlaɪz /


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China’s central bank moved to stabilize the yuan by draining dollar liquidity domestically, after the Chinese currency strengthened to a multiyear high against the greenback.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

The FDA recently granted accelerated approval to elamipretide, a medication designed to help stabilize cardiolipin, for Barth syndrome, a rare inherited disorder.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

"I know everybody wants us to go faster, but we're going to do it right," Ortberg said Tuesday of efforts to stabilize output at a faster level.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

The 19th-century statesmen gathered at Vienna to stabilize Europe in the aftermath of Napoleon’s ravaging.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

They helped him stabilize his life and find his way back to college.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

If gold stabilizes quickly despite tighter monetary policy, investors should ask why.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

Under healthy conditions, tau stabilizes microtubules, the filament-like structures that help maintain neuronal shape and function.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026

“Feedback from clients remains that the hawkish surprise from Fed was not on the markets’ bingo card and until it stabilizes, miners could remain in the penalty box,” Morgan Stanley said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

An IPO base is a period that happens within the first 25 days of trading where a stock stabilizes and trades in a narrow range.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 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 Sarah Jane Elpern

"The Thwaites main trunk is being temporarily stabilized by the Mouginot Ridge," he said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

Boeing said Tuesday that its 737 program “continues to progress toward stabilized production” at 47 jets a month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

SpaceX’s stock has mostly stabilized following a few months of turbulence in the aftermath of its initial public offering, and the company is due to report third-quarter earnings next week.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Even if the war and the oil situation stabilized, Della Fave said, "I wouldn't expect the yields to dramatically reduce, to be honest, because of this influence of the AI debt situation."

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

"Yeah, man. She's studying up to be an EMT. Wanted to make sure he was all stabilized and whatnot. No concussion and stuff, y'know? Those things can kill you if you ain't careful," Black explained.

From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds

For now, the stabilizing of delinquency rates shown in Figure 1 gives me some hope that consumers have bent but not broken.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

Elections are seen as a crucial step to stabilizing the government and tackling rampant crime in Haiti, which has been engulfed for years by gang warfare and political chaos.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

By stabilizing the electrode surface, it addresses two important causes of deterioration in anode-free batteries.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

Strategists at the bank said a rally at the end of the year would likely depend on oil prices lowering or stabilizing even as the historically best-performing quarter approaches.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

As he was inside stabilizing it, he heard another helicopter approach.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers


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