Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for stave. Search instead for stav.
Definitions

stave

[steyv] / steɪv /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Inside the secretive lab shaping America’s retail landscape: At a Florida lab few have ever seen, a team of researchers is trying to stave off a purported epidemic of shoplifting.

From Slate Jul. 13, 2026

Without active efforts to lower players’ core temperatures, pausing game play may not be enough to effectively stave off heat injury, he wrote.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

The reforms were widely seen as a desperate, eleventh-hour bid to stave off economic collapse.

From Barron's Jun. 18, 2026

Thames Water has been trying to stave off financial collapse for the last three years as it struggles under billions of pounds of debts.

From BBC Jun. 16, 2026

Now she would need the aid and specialized knowhow of the mole leader to stave off this latest threat to the Abbey.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

For many Americans taking a weight-loss drug, Thanksgiving presents a conundrum: Take the weekly dose that staves off hunger, or push it off so they can feast?

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 26, 2025

"In our model, the barrel staves spread out in steps," he says, "each step representing a new limiting factor that becomes active as the cell grows faster."

From Science Daily Nov. 11, 2025

France's Emmanuel Macron was on Friday due to pick a head of government tasked with pulling the country out of a political gridlock, in a move that staves off fresh elections for now.

From Barron's Oct. 10, 2025

It means not all the cuts will go ahead and it staves off effective bankruptcy, but it also saddles Havering with high debt repayments for the next 20 years.

From BBC Mar. 18, 2024

These staves he spoke, yet he laughed as he said them.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

An infusion of new funds approved by Congress this year and a waiver of eligibility procedures have staved off a potential crisis that would have left 4,200 back on the street.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

Jamie Smith and Gus Atkinson at least staved off humiliation with a battling stand of 75, ended when Atkinson was out just before lunch.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

Powell’s calm but forceful defense of Fed independence likely staved off larger attacks on the institution and won him admiration and awards, like the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage award.

From MarketWatch May 10, 2026

Nevertheless, Bush’s protest at least temporarily staved off hundreds of thousands of Americans from being removed from their homes.

From Slate Oct. 23, 2025

Jacob would be with us out in the fields and Ashley staved at home to cook for the harvest crew.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson

The company has also reportedly been in discussions about potential concessions in the hope of satisfying Bonta’s concerns and staving off a lawsuit.

From MarketWatch Jun. 11, 2026

A $7 billion IMF bailout helped unlock further loans from friendly nations, staving off collapse.

From Barron's Nov. 20, 2025

Powered by Judge’s heroics, the Yankees turned an early 6-1 deficit into a dramatic 9-6 win, staving off elimination in this best-of-five American League Division Series for at least one more day.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 8, 2025

"The ABC and others cannot be allowed to regard a penalty as an acceptable price to pay for staving off criticism."

From BBC Sep. 23, 2025

Besides staving off economic collapse, the dams are ideologically beguiling to the family that runs the country.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden

In the early 1970s, Stephen Hawking and other researchers discovered surprising connections between the laws of thermodynamics, which describe familiar processes such as heating water on a stove, and the behavior of black holes.

From Science Daily Jul. 13, 2026

The “Charlie’s Angels” star proceeded to pose next to the petite kitchen, which comes complete with a stove and sink.

From MarketWatch Jul. 8, 2026

"Barbecue requires very little investment, and the risk is low. One barbecue stove can support a family, so it's a very good way to alleviate unemployment," Jiang said.

From Barron's Jul. 2, 2026

Beans weren’t just beans; they were something that needed to bubble away on the stove for hours.

From Salon Jun. 16, 2026

I got up from the chair and held my hands out to the squat little stove.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




Vocabulary lists containing stave


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training