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Buffers readily absorb excess H+ or OH–, keeping the pH of the body carefully maintained in the narrow range required for survival.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Buffers readily absorb excess H+ or OH–, keeping the pH of the body carefully maintained in the aforementioned narrow range.

From Textbooks • Sep. 6, 2018

Buffers are solutions that moderate pH changes when an acid or base is added to the buffer system.

From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013

Buffers keep the farm's soil from washing away and protect the bay's water quality.

From Time Magazine Archive

But herein perishes a melancholy example; being regarded by the three other Buffers with a stony stare, and attracting no further attention from any mortal.

From Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles