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• v  make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium
  The drug stabilized her blood pressure
• v  support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace
• v  become stable or more stable
  The economy stabilized
• s  made stable or firm

• The Apollo 8 crew celebrated Christmas Day 1968 by eating thermo-stabilized turkey, gravy and cranberry sauce.
• Openwave's annual revenue has stabilized at $250 million.
• After a roller-coaster ride in the past year, the price of oil seems to have stabilized at around $70 a barrel.

• stabilize
• stabilise
• brace
• steady
• stabilised

• destabilize
• destabilise

News & Articles

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• Rent Is Too Damn High: Rent-Stabilized Tenants Get Steep 4%, 7.75% Increases
  Last night, the Rent Guidelines Board voted to increase rents for tenants of rent-stabilized apartments by 4% for one-year leases and 7.75% for two-year leases. This is the highest increase in five years . [ more › ]
  June 21, 2013 - Gothamist
• Rent Guidelines Board approves stabilized rent increases
  NEW YORK (PIX11) — In a 5-4 vote, the Rent Guidelines Board approved an increase to the stabilized rent cap Thursday. One-year leases will go up by 4% and two-year leases will go up 7.75%. “The Rent Guidelines Board had …
  June 20, 2013 - WPIX 11 New York
• Board Approves Hikes on NYC Rent-Stabilized Apts.
  The more than 1 million New Yorkers who live in rent-stabilized apartments will see their rents go up again next year.
  June 20, 2013 - NBC New York

Quotes

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• Ben Bernanke in International Herald Tribune
  Our major banks have significant franchise values,Bernanke said. "There is no commitment by any means to never shut down a big bank, absolutely not, but I do believe that the major banks we have now can be stabilized."
• Barack Obama in Reuters
  We've got to provide a blood infusion to the patient right now to make sure the patient is stabilized,Obama said in a taped appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press" television show.
• Ray Nagin in FOX News
  We have stabilized, we are implementing plans for our future, and we are strong enough for the next phase of recovery _the transformation to the new New Orleans,Nagin said.