steady
Example Sentences
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As prices fell, the cartel slowed the pace of further adjustments and has more recently held output steadier, reducing its capacity—or willingness—to absorb new barrels.
From Barron's
Bets in interest-rate futures markets show that so far, traders broadly expect the Fed to hold rates steady at its next meeting later this month.
Imagine this: The cheerful, if slightly scolding voices of the self-checkout machines punctuate the steady hum of fluorescent lights.
From Salon
Oil markets have been steady amid the buildup of tensions because there is enough supply in the global market to offset a modest fall in Venezuelan exports.
From Barron's
Also, those polled had “a tentative feeling that President Reagan will make steady, if slow, progress on the nation’s economic problems.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
