stabilize
verb (used with object)
to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.
was stabilizing
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past progressiveof stabilize.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The first is that when ChatGPT traffic really started to soar in 2024, the job market was stabilizing.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2025
The Los Angeles County Probation Department, which oversees the juvenile halls, said it was stabilizing staffing levels and improving training procedures.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
Both have said in recent days that the situation of Bakhmut was stabilizing, even with heavy fighting for some Ukrainian units.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2023
The United States intervened on the grounds that it was stabilizing a political crisis that followed the assassination of the Haitian president at the time.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2021
There are other reassuring signs about the efficacy of infection control measures, he said, but whether the disease's spread was stabilizing would become clear in the next few weeks.
From Reuters ● Sep. 23, 2014
