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buttress

[buh-tris] / ˈbʌ trɪs /




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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’s nothing like a Fed put to buttress markets, even if doubts exist this whole artificial-intelligence thing is going to work out swimmingly.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 24, 2025

She would buttress her argument with recommendations from Dr. Cuevas, which later, when he was asked point-blank, turned out to have been made up.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende




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