buffer

The age of conglomeration is designed to keep ever bigger buffer zones between owners and workers, buyers and sellers.

“They need those trees because our temperatures are easily up 5 degrees because there’s so much reflected heat from hard surfaces and no trees to buffer it.”

However, scientists believe that reading good news or at least finding the good in humanity can act as a buffer against negative news and even elevate the moods of news consumers.

The flour basically acts like a little buffer between the salt and the yeast.

Think of these firebreaks like mental buffers: they give your mind a chance to process what you've just done, let go of lingering stress and prepare for what's next.