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buttress

[buh-tris] / ˈbʌ trɪs /




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Millions will be spent to regild the hulking Art Deco statues that buttress Arlington Memorial Bridge.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

If Blackstone and other lenders recover all or most of their financing, it would buttress their case that investors have overreacted to software cataclysm concerns.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

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

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026

F-15Es have long rotated through Jordan and sending additional jets would buttress U.S. air capabilities in several ways.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

Then they were hoisted into place and fastened to the pier at one end and to the buttress at the other.

From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay




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