steadied

verb

Definition of steadiednext
past tense of steady
as in trussed

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  1. braced
  2. sustained
  3. upheld
  4. carried
  5. underlay
  6. bore
Verb
  • And then the network braced for impact.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 16 Oct. 2024
  • In April, 2021, a jury was preparing to deliver a verdict on Derek Chauvin, the police officer who knelt on the neck of George Floyd, and the White House braced for civil unrest if he was found not guilty.
    Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
Definition of braced
Verb
  • The iconic Pretty Place Chapel, which was first built in 1941, also sustained significant damage.
    Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Hurricane Helene crashed ashore along Florida's Big Bend near the town of Perry a week ago as a Category 4 hurricane driving sustained winds of around 140 mph.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of sustained
Verb
  • The expulsion order, one of the largest since the 1967 war, was upheld by Israel’s supreme court in 2022.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
  • In the years since her death, her bandmates and fans have mourned her and upheld her legacy.
    Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of upheld
Verb
  • The White House Offer would lead customers to buy other Microsoft products that ran on Azure, the company’s cloud platform, which carried additional charges based on how much storage space and computing power the customer used.
    Renee Dudley, ProPublica, 15 Nov. 2024
  • The Knights, led by fellow Sharks prospect Sam Dickinson, carried a nine-game win streak into Friday and had an overall record of 13-4-0-0.
    Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
Definition of carried
Verb
  • Amazon Bedrock will underlay the solution, according to a release.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 26 July 2024
  • There are unresolved tensions in Williams’s script that could use some pressure, like the way Cephus’s seeming nostalgia exists alongside his acknowledgment of segregation, or how economic realities underlay his journey north (and only a deus ex machina allows his return to the South).
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 5 June 2024
Definition of underlay
Verb
  • Here's an unfortunate fact: Your PowerPoint presentations are probably boring your coworkers.
    StackCommerce Team (Sponsored), PCMAG, 27 Oct. 2024
  • Get ready to reap all the benefits without boring your taste buds.
    Caroline Tien, SELF, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of bore
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