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buttress

[buh-tris] / ˈbʌ trɪs /




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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

From vocalisations to food intake, social interactions to rhythmic beating on trees, known as buttress drumming, they note down everything.

From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026

Basically, since getting sworn in to the role, Patel has used a Gulfstream jet owned by the agency to buttress his vacation time.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2025

There’s nothing like a Fed put to buttress markets, even if doubts exist this whole artificial-intelligence thing is going to work out swimmingly.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 24, 2025

Let us examine the roadblock and the various unspoken assumptions that buttress it.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson




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