stabilize
verb
sta·bi·lize
ˈstā-bə-ˌlīz 
stabilized; stabilizing
1
: to make stable, steadfast, or firm
2
: to hold steady: such as
a
: to maintain the stability of (something, such as an airplane) by means of a stabilizer
b
: to limit fluctuations of
stabilize prices
c
: to establish a minimum price for
: to become stable, firm, or steadfast
Examples of stabilize in a Sentence
The country's population has stabilized at 3.2 million.
The government's efforts to stabilize prices have not succeeded.
Even the administration's most vocal critics agree that the President has succeeded in stabilizing the economy.
We'll use ropes to stabilize the platform.
a process that stabilizes the vaccine
drugs that stabilize a patient's heartbeat
The pilots were able to stabilize the airplane and land safely.
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The Fed has cut its key interest rate three times in the past year, lowering it from 5.5 percent to the current 4.5 percent as inflation stabilized after years of spiking during the pandemic.
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Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
When a leader remains composed, that presence has a stabilizing effect on others.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
The rate of diagnoses among men fell from 2001 through 2013 and then stabilized through 2021 but these incidence rates among women increased slightly every year between 2003 and 2021.
—Katherine Dillinger, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2025
Food aid is one of the few stabilizing sources left for the DRC.
—William Lambers, Hartford Courant, 18 Apr. 2025
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Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
When a leader remains composed, that presence has a stabilizing effect on others.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
The rate of diagnoses among men fell from 2001 through 2013 and then stabilized through 2021 but these incidence rates among women increased slightly every year between 2003 and 2021.
—Katherine Dillinger, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2025
Food aid is one of the few stabilizing sources left for the DRC.
—William Lambers, Hartford Courant, 18 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for stabilize
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“Stabilize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stabilize. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.
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stabilize
verb
sta·bi·lize
ˈstā-bə-ˌlīz
stabilized; stabilizing
1
: to make or become stable, fixed, or firm
2
: to hold steady (as by means of a stabilizer)
Medical Definition
stabilize
verb
sta·bi·lize
variants
also British stabilise
stabilized also British stabilised; stabilizing also British stabilising
: to make stable
stabilize a patient's condition
: to become stable
when pulse and blood pressure respond and stabilize—The Journal of the American Medical Association
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