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adjective

stabilising

causing to become stable

In a sentence

Six example sentences with stabilising, each labelled with its topic.

  • A stabilising ring of copper around the magnet kept the field from drifting during the eight-hour run.

    Science

  • The bank's stabilising purchases held the currency inside a narrow band for eleven weeks without any public announcement.

    Economics

  • Engineers added a stabilising collar at the base of the leaning bell tower, and the annual tilt fell to zero.

    Architecture

  • Single-leg balance drills build the small stabilising muscles around the hip that squats alone never reach.

    Fitness

  • The finance minister was the stabilising figure in the coalition, and its poll numbers dipped the week she resigned.

    Politics

  • The stabilising fund buys the currency whenever it drops below the band, and traders have learned not to test it.

    Finance

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