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  • verb Present participle of stanch.

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Examples

  • That could roil credit markets, stanching businesses' access to capital.

    What It Would Take to Do a Double Dip Justin Lahart 2011

  • Whether the group will be able to maintain its emphasis on stanching the nation's flow of red ink while avoiding divisive social issues is an open question.

    Death of the Duopoly Nick Gillespie 2011

  • After stanching four straight years of red ink at the unit, the videogame business is facing its next big challenge with the introduction of a new portable game machine, the PlayStation Vita.

    Sony Executive Insists TVs Remain in Picture Daisuke Wakabayashi 2011

  • Ultimately, Mr. Cain succeeded in stanching the bleeding and stabilizing the business, rather than jump-starting growth.

    Cain's Legacy: Selling Big Ideas Julie Jargon 2011

  • It was wildly dispiriting, yes, but as policy it was actually effective in stanching a financial meltdown - you only have to look to Europe where the clamoring for a similar program grows louder every day their current mess deepens.

    Benj Hewitt: A Liberal Defends Obama Benj Hewitt 2011

  • Companies large and small are introducing new devices that address some of the signature failures of the Deepwater Horizon blowout—from the equipment that failed to seal the well to the lack of technology for stanching the flow of oil into the Gulf.

    Gulf Disaster Fuels New Safety Gear Daniel Gilbert 2011

  • According to the Sun-Times, Keane's friend likely saved her life by stanching the blood flow at the time of her injury.

    Man Arrested For Trying To Kill His Girlfriend... Again Will Guzzardi 2011

  • According to the Sun-Times, Keane's friend likely saved her life by stanching the blood flow at the time of her injury.

    Man Arrested For Trying To Kill His Girlfriend... Again Will Guzzardi 2011

  • Gator farmer Ms. Tillman says she's all for stanching Florida's red ink.

    Alligator Farmers Snap Back At Florida's Plan to Sever Funding Arian Campo-Flores 2011

  • Surrounding the tumor was a constellation of lesser ones, but, ultimately, the plum, stanching the flow of blood to her brain stem, would kill her.

    Three Stages of Amazement Carol Edgarian 2011

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