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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

Brokerages don’t like when shares are immediately resold because it can destabilize the IPO price and strain relationships with underwriters, Taube says.

From Barron's Jun. 10, 2026

In many laser architectures, these nonlinear effects can destabilize the laser pulses.

From Science Daily Jun. 4, 2026

They might “build on public panic to further destabilize the system by disseminating rumors” and therefore “increase media coverage” and “stress the public health system.”

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

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

Gating, in contrast, occurs when a heavy ion flow disrupts the charge balance and destabilizes the pore's structure.

From Science Daily Nov. 11, 2025

Nick’s energized romantic do-si-do destabilizes the group, and gives them something new to gossip about and compare their own lives with as they wobble through the ensuing year.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2025

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

From Salon Jul. 24, 2024

“The revolving door of leadership and a compliance-driven culture created conditions where schools were destabilized and community trust was shattered.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

In January 2022, the landfast sea ice in the embayment suddenly broke apart, likely due to powerful ocean swells that destabilized the region.

From Science Daily May 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

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

From Salon Jun. 13, 2026

“If the answers are honest and you can afford it without destabilizing yourself, have the best time and go! Don’t let anyone guilt you out of joy you’ve budgeted for,” she told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch Jun. 12, 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

Both justify that intervention by framing AI as a destabilizing force.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

Mine shafts were bored through the earth like holes through Swiss cheese, often destabilizing whole valleys.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson




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