buttress
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Among them are working drawings that prescribe the profile of every block of stone, each keyed to its exact place in the building, whether gable, tracery or buttress.
Strong performances from major franchises including an "Avatar" tie-in game and juggernaut "Assassin's Creed" buttressed struggling French games giant Ubisoft's third-quarter results, the company said Thursday.
From Barron's
But even when things get shaky, Seyfried is there to buttress the film with a truly inhuman strength.
From Salon
F-15Es have long rotated through Jordan and sending additional jets would buttress U.S. air capabilities in several ways.
From vocalisations to food intake, social interactions to rhythmic beating on trees, known as buttress drumming, they note down everything.
From Barron's
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