buffer
Example Sentences
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It creates a buffer between the set-up of the play, and the ball being delivered into the box.
From BBC • May 11, 2026
“If Brent crude remains above $100 a barrel for long, the tax-refund buffer will eventually be exhausted, real income growth will compress further, and aggregate demand will slow.”
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
The quarterly application of the buffer worked out well for investors, especially during the second quarter of that year.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026
The Chagossians have lived in limbo since being evicted from the Indian Ocean islands in the 1960s and 1970s to create a buffer around the secret U.S.-U.K. military base on Diego Garcia.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
“He’s got an eleven-thousand-mile buffer zone from all this sweetness and light.”
From "Ungifted" by Gordon Korman
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