stable
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"Growth in the second quarter was driven by stable domestic demand," the ministry said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
One of the Fed's key jobs is to keep inflation near 2%, a level policymakers say keeps prices stable, supports steady economic growth, and helps prevent deeper downturns.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
As a consequence, even though the loonie is generally considered a fairly stable currency, its volatility increased relative to those of other G9 countries.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
“Home sales have been remarkably stable, even amid the rising mortgage rate environment of the past few months,” said NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
But to Pong's surprise, they weren't taken to a police station at all but to some sort of stable.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
The three stables that house the carriage horses sit on prime real estate in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
"I just love him so much. It's amazing seeing a horse in London; you don't see them unless you go to the stables."
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
She is very much the queen of the stables.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
As part of the deal, TSG must pay for the demolition of the stables, grandstand and adjoining structures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2026
She follows me mutely out behind the stables, where Vivi is waiting, along with two rawboned ponies with green eyes and lacy manes.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
This new object is another with a very elliptical orbit, but it is stabler than 2017 OF201, which suggests that no large planet, including a hypothetical planet nine, is significantly affecting its path.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 9, 2026
But a stabler exchange rate, lower inflation and more robust growth have not yet helped those struggling to make ends meet.
From Reuters ● Oct. 3, 2023
Plus, the bond was thousands of times stabler than that of the next-strongest naturally occurring molecular suitor.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 28, 2021
Speaking in a video message, she called on them to create a "safer, stabler future" for the planet.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2021
But the thought flits through my mind, There have got to be stabler things than love.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
Russell and Hawn famously have one of the stablest relationships in Hollywood, so you have to wonder how they looked at this script and thought, “Yup, that seems normal – sign us up!”
From The Guardian ● Apr. 13, 2018
It hasn't been the stablest year for MakerBot.
From The Verge ● Jul. 24, 2015
The prior studies simply targeted and featured the stablest, most educated gay couples.
From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2012
In the fickle high-risk arena of television, where admiration swiftly changes to boredom or dislike, Cronkite, "the most trusted man in America," has been the stablest on-screen presence of them all.
From Time Magazine Archive
Earth's stablest things are shadows, And, in the life to come.
From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by James Russell Lowell
Not all of the 1,500 horses stabled are eligible to race in the Kentucky Derby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2025
Zazou is reportedly one of two of Mr Kadyrov's horses that are still stabled in the Czech Republic.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2023
Afterward, EO is relocated to a farm, where he’s stabled alongside a white stallion whose privileged status doesn’t protect it from human desires and designs.
From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2023
The 46 horses stabled in the barn are being monitored for fever and other symptoms.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2021
He watered the horses and stabled them and pitched hay into the manger.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
It was a "perfect place" for them because it had a paddock and stabling for their horses, but they soon realised the bulldozers were heading their way.
From BBC ● May 27, 2025
It has offered to fund off-season stabling at Pleasanton and to write races that better fit the makeup of Northern California horses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2024
Soon after, Churchill Downs announced it was suspending Baffert for two years through spring 2023, prohibiting the seven-time Derby winner from stabling or racing at tracks owned by Churchill Downs Inc.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2021
Millfield's resources are truly staggering: an equestrian centre, stabling for 50 horses, a 50-metre Olympic swimming pool, Tartan athletics track, playing fields, a putting green, an indoor tennis centre and a fencing salle.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 7, 2012
‘Beds for four, and stabling for five ponies, if that can be managed. Are you Mr. Butterbur?’
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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