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destabilize

[dee-stey-buh-lahyz] / diˈsteɪ bəˌlaɪz /


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While these pathways normally support tumor growth, excessive activation can destabilize normal cellular functions and ultimately lead to cell death.

From Science Daily Jun. 29, 2026

California’s budget experts have warned that maintaining full Medi-Cal coverage for immigrants without seeking additional revenue would destabilize the state’s long-term fiscal outlook.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

"Iran's history goes back thousands of years. Things like this only make us stronger; they won't destabilize the team," boasted the Iranian-American, who had traveled from San Diego, just across the border in California.

From Barron's Jun. 7, 2026

Despite the pointed rhetoric, Sheinbaum has stopped short of accusing Trump directly of trying to destabilize her government.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 6, 2026

“It seems to me that you are all determined to start a panic that will destabilize everything we have worked for these last thirteen years!”

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

According to the study, the buildup of toxic proteins destabilizes the outer membrane of the nucleus, causing it to shrink and eventually disintegrate.

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

SYDNEY—New Zealand’s economic recovery remained frustratingly tentative in the fourth quarter of last year, with economists warning that the outlook faces fresh threats as the war in the Middle East destabilizes the world economy.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 18, 2026

It spreads into South Sudan, it destabilizes South Sudan, it spreads into Chad, it’s got refugees in Egypt.

From Slate Nov. 20, 2025

This enzyme destabilizes the proteins in the milk – the proteins then aggregate together and make a gel.

From Salon Jul. 24, 2024

This abrupt shift in narration destabilizes the reader — like the tremor of an earthquake, or the sudden loss of vision in one eye that Tunde experiences from time to time.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 17, 2023

As someone who was a freelance writer for about a year, I can empathize with the desire to keep your life flexible while also feeling destabilized by the lack of structure.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

Their results indicate that about eight out of 10 planets around tight binary stars would be destabilized, and most of those would ultimately be destroyed.

From Science Daily Apr. 19, 2026

Healthcare jobs are now the most reliable ticket to the middle class after automation, globalization and now AI have destabilized other formerly dependable routes, such as factory and office work.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 8, 2026

Meanwhile, Tuesday marked four years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine — a war that has cost hundreds of thousands of lives and destabilized European security.

From Salon Feb. 25, 2026

I thought Ocean would wake up, dizzy and destabilized by this emotional train wreck to discover that it hadn’t been worth it, actually; that I hadn’t been worth it.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi

Directing Suda was its own destabilizing experience, he says.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

And this stoic performance comes despite a number of potentially destabilizing factors, including volatility in the oil market and in the technology sector.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

Watching egocentrism augment in real time, on a mass scale, is as heartbreaking and destabilizing as death itself.

From Salon Jun. 13, 2026

Instead of targeting genetic mutations, the team found a method for destabilizing the machinery cancer cells use to repair DNA.

From Science Daily Jun. 10, 2026

Three profoundly destabilizing scientific ideas ricochet through the twentieth century, trisecting it into three unequal parts: the atom, the byte, the gene.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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