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buttress

[buh-tris] / ˈbʌ trɪs /




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Or, the elite artificial-intelligence names helping to buttress the S&P 500 against further losses could start to struggle themselves.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

While throwing, the chimpanzees pant hoot — a loud, long-distance communicative signal — and sometimes repeatedly hit their hands and feet on the tree in a behavior called buttress drumming.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026

To buttress their argument that an expert cannot be used as a back channel for “inadmissible hearsay,” they pointed to a nonexistent 2021 case brought by the government.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

How to buttress the yen is another matter.

From Barron's ● May 14, 2026

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

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

In the very short-term, Tyler thinks inflation and payrolls data due this week may reinforce sentiment, especially if a jobs number like August’s buttresses the growth story.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

The festival’s successful return to the Castro, with its prime location and renown, buttresses the organization’s future—welcome news in a world in need of just that.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026

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

At the last minute though, those faithful buttresses on the south side were further strengthened.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2024

On the scaffolding wooden centerings like those used for the flying buttresses were installed.

From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay

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

This VIX strategy, buttressed with gas price data, is intended to capture more fear data.

From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026

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

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 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

As in the mica mine in North Carolina, long wooden planks and struts buttressed the walls and ceiling.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

Among other priorities, she favors government spending in pursuit of buttressing Japan’s manufacturing economy and food security, and investing in nuclear energy, artificial intelligence and other high-tech sectors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2025

It’s also the result of benevolent creative buttressing along the way, particularly from Early and Lyonne.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 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

“We will carry on buttressing our economy and expanding its dynamic course.”

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2023

We may not be concerned in buttressing any theology because it is old.

From Natural Law in the Spiritual World by Henry Drummond




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