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unsteady

[uhn-sted-ee] / ʌnˈstɛd i /


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If Bass seemed unsteady in the immediate wake of the fires, she was on more sure footing with ICE.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

“I think it’s a really good question,” said George Schultze, founder and CEO of Schultze Asset Management, when asked about the threat that an increasingly unsteady bond market might pose to stocks.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

But the nuclear infrastructure is too battered and the regime too unsteady to sprint for the bomb.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Yet they have to correct for a yearslong decline in employer response rates to BLS surveys—which does not negate the data overall, but certainly makes preliminary calculations a bit more unsteady and speculative.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

“Trust me, I know what it’s like. I did it with my mom. I ignored how she got more unsteady, and needed more help getting up and moving around the house.”

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam




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