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buttress

[buh-tris] / ˈbʌ trɪs /




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It’s just the latest sign that the launch of a whole ecosystem of ETFs has done little to buttress bitcoin against the whims of mercurial investors.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

Millions will be spent to regild the hulking Art Deco statues that buttress Arlington Memorial Bridge.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2026

That move showed discipline and helped buttress the case by Netflix management that Warner was nice to have, but not a need to have.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 28, 2026

Overseas Nepali workers bankroll their families and buttress the economy, making them a key constituency in elections next week -- but they cannot vote themselves.

From Barron's Feb. 25, 2026

I stepped up onto the ridge so he could flatten himself against the buttress.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

They are integral parts of a dynamic structural system—their weight of stone pushing the walls outward while the flying buttresses outside push them inward—the two forces exactly matching, like a perfectly balanced seesaw.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 3, 2025

The manuscript reveals a gothic, green castle, with decadent arches, spires and buttresses — the very castle on the stage.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 14, 2025

That buttresses what Cohen will say: There’s no way that Trump signed a series of $35,000 checks to Cohen without knowing and intending them to be reimbursement for Cohen’s payment to Daniels.

From Slate May 8, 2024

The ruling this month further buttresses Washington’s Climate Commitment Act against future legal challenges, Carlyle said.

From Seattle Times Nov. 14, 2023

Chiefdoms characteristically have an ideology, precursor to an institutionalized religion, that buttresses the chief’s authority.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

The U.S. earnings growth is buttressed by “the AI-led tech investment supercycle” and, as has been widely lauded in recent months, its energy independence.

From MarketWatch May 6, 2026

Its supply is believed to have been buttressed over the last year by advanced Akinci combat models.

From BBC Feb. 24, 2026

Strong performances from major franchises including an "Avatar" tie-in game and juggernaut "Assassin's Creed" buttressed struggling French games giant Ubisoft's third-quarter results, the company said Thursday.

From Barron's Feb. 12, 2026

Our rigorous expectations haven’t changed, and student performance has increased as we’ve buttressed resources.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 1, 2025

These structures had also been reinforced with plywood, and debarked tree limbs buttressed every wall.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

The memorial also extols the soldiers killed in the conflict—a move analysts say is aimed at buttressing popular support for the deployment.

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

University officials point to their “long history” supporting them, buttressing state grants and private scholarships with such resources as university legal aid and fellowships that offer hands-on learning with grants of up to $7,200.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2024

Without an endowment, there’s no steady stream of cash buttressing the ups and downs.

From Seattle Times May 5, 2024

Xi said China was open to buttressing cooperation within the U.N. and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation framework and safeguard the interests of developing countries.

From Reuters Oct. 20, 2023

Below the roof the arches and piers of the galleries and aisles are arranged so as to carry the thrust to the external walls, and following the tradition of Roman vaulting all buttressing is internal.

From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Alexander Van Millingen




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