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That buffer has thinned and real-wage growth has stalled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Their varied diets should also buffer them from imbalances in prey populations.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026

Rather, it has a patchwork of municipal and county zoning ordinances, with some — including in the cities of Burbank and Culver City and Alameda County — requiring buffer zones.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 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

But the next year, in March 1936, Hitler stationed troops in the Rhineland, the buffer zone between Germany and France.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

It's possible that a global AI race travelling at Silicon Valley's top speeds could be about to hit the buffers of very localised political and environmental concerns.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

At a recent event in Houston, Chevron Chief Executive Mike Wirth warned that strategic reserves and other buffers that cushioned the effect of the Iran war in its early stages were now wearing thin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

The old incurred-loss method for smaller institutions was straightforward and nearly cost-free, and it permitted regulators to use capital requirements to provide adequate buffers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

For publicly traded state financial firms, shoring up these capital buffers will also help create greater value and deliver steady, long-term returns for investors, it added.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

They cut intricate patterns of feint, attack and withdraw, using passing vehicles as buffers.

From DP by Arthur Dekker Savage

"The people who are responsible for doing this in the first place seem to have got away from it, they seem to be protected and buffered and inured," Sheen said.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Davi added that “this trend has fueled significant interest in buffered ETFs” over the past few years.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

A defined-outcome or buffered ETF is one that protects the investor by limiting downside risk in return for giving up some of the broad stock market’s upside potential.

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

The outside noises of cars pulling up and people yelling “See you tomorrow!” surround me, but I am buffered by earmuffs, an island on the steps.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari

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

NordVPN’s performance was stable, though occasional buffering occurred on congested servers during peak hours.

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