stabilizer
Example Sentences
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Among the alerts was one for an autopilot stabilizer trim failure.
From Washington Post
A common additive in many food products, it's used as a thickener, stabilizer and emulsifier in a host of various products, both edible and not, from plant-based milk and ice cream to toothpaste and medications.
From Salon
One rough spot is the keyboard’s stabilizers — the mechanism that stops longer keys from wobbling around.
From The Verge
And the wines were terrific, produced as idealistically as the vineyard was farmed, without any additions, not even sulfur dioxide, a stabilizer, used almost universally except by the most resolutely natural producers.
From New York Times
But Folkerts said some parts from the plane’s tail - pieces of the left elevator and left horizontal stabilizer - were found a couple blocks from the rest of the wreckage, indicating they fell off in flight.
From Washington Times
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