bolstered
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Sky-high earnings expectations and AI optimism have bolstered share prices, while inflation worries and signs of resilient economic growth have fueled a weekslong bond selloff.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Social media has bolstered the narcissistic machismo already present among many men and ubiquitous in fraternity life.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
Those measurements bolstered the idea that the asteroid impact intensified volcanic activity, creating a one-two punch that contributed to the extinction of all non-avian dinosaurs.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
But stacking a federal tax credit on top of the newly bolstered California production incentives could help give the state an edge when producers are pricing out location shoots, industry experts say.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
When court convened at the next term the court and sheriff were bolstered by sixty militiamen, but by then the defendant was not available for trial.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
