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adjective

stable

CEFR B1

resistant to change of position or condition

In a sentence

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

  • The patient stayed stable overnight, with the same pulse and blood pressure recorded at every two-hour check.

    Medicine

  • A tripod base keeps the tower stable even when the wind off the estuary reaches ninety kilometers an hour.

    Architecture

  • Utility shares stay stable through the sort of week that moves technology prices by fifteen percent in either direction.

    Finance

  • The coalition proved stable for a full term, surviving three budgets that would have toppled its predecessors.

    Politics

  • A wide stance keeps the lifter stable under the bar, and the feet never move until the weight is racked.

    Fitness

  • Her mood stayed stable through the exams, which her therapist counted as the real result of a year's work.

    Psychology

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