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buttress

[buh-tris] / ˈbʌ trɪs /




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That move showed discipline and helped buttress the case by Netflix management that Warner was nice to have, but not a need to have.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026

But even when things get shaky, Seyfried is there to buttress the film with a truly inhuman strength.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026

From vocalisations to food intake, social interactions to rhythmic beating on trees, known as buttress drumming, they note down everything.

From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026

Basically, since getting sworn in to the role, Patel has used a Gulfstream jet owned by the agency to buttress his vacation time.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2025

There was what looked like a broad stone buttress there, running the full height of the wall, and at the top it continued into a stack of chimneys, with the moon shining brightly on them.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman




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