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buffer

[buhf-er] / ˈbʌf ər /


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As the Moon travels around Earth, it sometimes moves through the magnetosheath, a buffer region surrounding the magnetosphere.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 2026

"We try to hold a week's buffer across all nine outlets, but this summer that's getting hard to promise," he said.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Though payments technically started coming due again in 2023, the Biden administration provided a one-year buffer period that ended in the fall of 2024.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

Developer Mitsui Fudosan plans a "green buffer zone" of up to 78 metres with trees and a stream, reducing the noise, the heat and the "oppressive feeling", said project manager Toshitsugu Jouzuka.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

And whites saw mulattoes—the children of those relationships — as potential allies, a buffer between them and the enormous numbers of slaves on the island.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

After months of war eroded the market’s inventory buffers, crude prices have risen sharply to reflect the risk of further losses.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

But global supply buffers in 2026 have been worn down.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

With the coaster slated to open in the coming days or weeks, residents aren’t optimistic for change or the sudden construction of more noise buffers.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

These functions include signal synchronization, adjustable delay lines, optical buffers, and frequency conversion.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

The train was signalled, and the porter, crossing the line with the luggage, ran his truck perilously under the very buffers of the incoming engine.

From Anna of the Five Towns by Bennett, Arnold

Just look at the performance of the largest buffered ETF in the last bear market.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

Two other popular First Trust buffered products have lagged behind their benchmarks too.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

Day made clear that defined-outcome or buffered ETFs were not designed to outperform underlying stock indexes.

From MarketWatch Apr. 28, 2026

But noise, as well as glare, are typically buffered with vegetative landscaping and setbacks, or the distance between the property line and the nearest structure.

From Salon Apr. 27, 2026

The northern side of 141st Street was buffered by brownstones standing shoulder to shoulder, as if marching in formation.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

It resonates more with the progress bar instead of the buffering icon.

From Slate Apr. 4, 2026

Without my boyfriend’s paycheck buffering our vibes-based accounting, it was time to face the scariest part of managing your money: the spending audit.

From MarketWatch Mar. 31, 2026

Great for weekly movie nights without the buffering headaches.

From Salon Feb. 12, 2026

Previous attempts at live broadcasting, like the Jake Paul-Mike Tyson fight in 2024, resulted in buffering issues.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 10, 2026

The houses on this road were crowded together and shared common walls, with small, walled yards in front buffering them from the street.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini




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