equilibrate
verb
equil·i·brate
i-ˈkwi-lə-ˌbrāt 
equilibrated; equilibrating
: to bring into or keep in equilibrium : balance
: to bring about, come to, or be in equilibrium
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But in that case, wouldn’t people from low-income areas just overflow to their empty beds, and then the system would equilibrate?
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Renee Hsia, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
So basically, until 1980, people tended to move to where wages were highest, and wages were slowly equilibrating between regions, and since 1980, people have begun moving towards where housing costs are low instead of where wages are high.
—Byalena Botros, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2023
Over time genetic drift will introduce variants private to that group, and greater distance will reduce the power of gene flow to equilibrate between population variance.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2011
Even a 1 percent admixture between two populations will quickly equilibrate allele frequency differences, especially considering that on most loci those differences are not of the disjoint character (frequency 0 vs. 1).
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2013
The issue is not the rate of intermarriage, rather, one migrant per generation across the two demes will be sufficient to equilibrate allele frequencies.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 7 July 2011
Recall that immediately upon his inauguration as president in 1981, Ronald Reagan did the exact opposite by decontrolling energy prices, allowing markets to efficiently equilibrate in response to price signals.
—WSJ, 25 Sep. 2022
Margins have started coming back down to average, and sign prices are following as the market begins to equilibrate.
—Alex Kinnier, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2022
For one thing, there is no world gas market that causes prices to equilibrate the way there is for oil—or coal, wheat, lobsters, etc.
—Michael Lynch, Forbes, 30 June 2022
Renee Hsia, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
So basically, until 1980, people tended to move to where wages were highest, and wages were slowly equilibrating between regions, and since 1980, people have begun moving towards where housing costs are low instead of where wages are high.
—Byalena Botros, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2023
Over time genetic drift will introduce variants private to that group, and greater distance will reduce the power of gene flow to equilibrate between population variance.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2011
Even a 1 percent admixture between two populations will quickly equilibrate allele frequency differences, especially considering that on most loci those differences are not of the disjoint character (frequency 0 vs. 1).
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2013
The issue is not the rate of intermarriage, rather, one migrant per generation across the two demes will be sufficient to equilibrate allele frequencies.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 7 July 2011
Recall that immediately upon his inauguration as president in 1981, Ronald Reagan did the exact opposite by decontrolling energy prices, allowing markets to efficiently equilibrate in response to price signals.
—WSJ, 25 Sep. 2022
Margins have started coming back down to average, and sign prices are following as the market begins to equilibrate.
—Alex Kinnier, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2022
For one thing, there is no world gas market that causes prices to equilibrate the way there is for oil—or coal, wheat, lobsters, etc.
—Michael Lynch, Forbes, 30 June 2022
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equilibrate
verb
equil·i·brate
i-ˈkwil-ə-ˌbrāt
equilibrated; equilibrating
: to bring into or keep in equilibrium
: to bring about, come to, or be in equilibrium
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