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- verb Present participle of
stanch .
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Examples
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That could roil credit markets, stanching businesses' access to capital.
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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.
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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.
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Ultimately, Mr. Cain succeeded in stanching the bleeding and stabilizing the business, rather than jump-starting growth.
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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.
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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.
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According to the Sun-Times, Keane's friend likely saved her life by stanching the blood flow at the time of her injury.
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According to the Sun-Times, Keane's friend likely saved her life by stanching the blood flow at the time of her injury.
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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
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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.
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