stabilizer

Example Sentences

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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

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

Environmental Protection Agency applied a soil stabilizer to prevent ash and dust from dispersing.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2024

The proteins act as a foam stabilizer – they hold the light, airy texture in the product.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2024

The tail looked much larger when he got next to it, with a major part of the vertical stabilizer showing and perhaps half of the elevators.

From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen