stabilizer

Example Sentences

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Clinicians call this the “prescribing cascade”: An antidepressant causes insomnia, so a sleep aid is added; a stimulant causes irritability, so a mood stabilizer follows.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

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

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

One version of valproate, marketed as Divalproex, is the second most common mood stabilizer used after diagnosis in the U.S.

From Salon • Sep. 10, 2024

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

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera