buffer
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Moist vegetation needs to be planted among the pines, he said, and bigger fire buffer zones are needed on each town’s outer edges, such as ball fields or livestock pastures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
But you have a buffer: your expected inheritance and your $5,000-a-month pension starting at age 65, in addition to your Social Security starting at 70.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
That is where the imports will help provide a buffer, says Atul Chaturvedi, non-executive director of Shree Renuka Sugars, India's largest sugar refiner and a major ethanol producer.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
“While easing crude prices provide a temporary buffer, trade spats and incoming inflation data leave little room for complacency,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
If possible, she looked even buffer, like she’d been working out.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
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Mental-health professionals warn that using chatbots as social buffers can erode self-trust and signal a lack of care to recipients.
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
These are, briefly, the mechanical absorption of the recoil, by means of brakes or buffers, and the development of “time shrapnel” as the projectile of field artillery.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
So this fund, like buffered and other defined outcome funds, has lagged behind the S&P 500 for the most part.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
Just look at the performance of the largest buffered ETF in the last bear market.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
For monthly series of Innovator buffered ETFs, the upside limit is changed upon annual reset, according to market conditions.
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
Down, down the hill he went, buffered by the cool breeze.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
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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
And, again, no buffering or lagging, even on 4K content.
From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2026
The massive audience tested the technical capacity of the streaming platform, as many fans complained of buffering or losing the video feed completely.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
I've looked at a lot of code for electronic buffering.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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