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Common collocations with stem in American Collocation

stem verb transitive

US /stem/

flow

flood
flow
influx
tide

Researchers are working to discover ways to stem the tide of deaths in hospitals as a result of medical errors.

increase

growth
proliferation
rise
spread

Senegal and Uganda have shown the way to stemming the spread of HIV/AIDS.

decrease

decline
loss

He has done incredible work in stemming the decline of church numbers.