stabilizer
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It was the world’s first reusable spacecraft, employing a plane-like design that included wings and a vertical stabilizer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
The ACL acts as a stabilizer in the knee, preventing it from buckling and keeping the tibia from moving too far forward.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2026
One version of valproate, marketed as Divalproex, is the second most common mood stabilizer used after diagnosis in the U.S.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2024
He says he searched for a year, on beaches from Myanmar to the Maldives, before finding his first piece, from the rear stabilizer of the plane, on a sandbar in Mozambique.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2024
“Except Festus tells me the port aerial stabilizer got pulverized when the ship raked against the dock at Fort Sumter.”
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
Thankfully that never happened thanks to the ship’s stabilizers, allowing me to traverse sea ice, view an unsuccessful polar bear hunt, and photograph wildlife from whales to walruses in comfort.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
Often, they’re processed with emulsifiers, flavor enhancers, stabilizers and other additives.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 23, 2026
They’re industrially processed, built with emulsifiers, stabilizers and preservatives you couldn’t buy at a supermarket, let alone cook with at home.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2025
Examples of these are UV stabilizers, plasticizers or associated processing aids that can be used to facilitate processing of the plastics or to lend them specific desired properties.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2024
“I can turn, or we can take off. The stabilizers are working again. But I need to know quick—” “We have to keep going,” Annabeth said.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
