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bolstered

[bohl-sterd] / ˈboʊl stərd /




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Despite market volatility, the quantum-computing sector maintains strong interest, bolstered by a $2 billion U.S. government investment.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

City Controller Kenneth Mejia easily fended off a challenge from real estate executive Zach Sokoloff, whose campaign was bolstered by $7.5 million in outside spending by his mother.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

Concerns that El Nino could curb output in India and Thailand next season added to supply concerns and bolstered prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The DSA is part of a bolstered legal armoury to curb what the EU considers excesses by Big Tech, and fines can go as high as six percent of a company's total worldwide annual turnover.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

Wildly exaggerated accounts of German atrocities inflamed public opinion and bolstered support for a war that was increasingly seen as a crusade against barbaric German militarism.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman




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