fortify

Example Sentences

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After a bruising property downturn and years of economic uncertainty, families appear determined to fortify their balance sheets first — and spend later.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026

New software techniques and extensions need to be developed to detect and fortify quantum programs against security threats.

From Science Daily • Jan. 20, 2026

Discovery has a massive library of popular and classic films along with durable TV series such as “Friends,” that would fortify Paramount’s own streaming platform Paramount+.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

The banking industry has long awaited a wave of regional and community bank tie-ups as executives attempt to fortify themselves against the scale and diversity of megabanks such as JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

Nothing more can be added to the second case than to encourage such princes to fortify and provision their own cities, and not to concern themselves with the surrounding countryside.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli