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It recommended a "buffer" to protect rivers and "humane relocation" of communities where necessary.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

“Wide sandy beaches serve as a necessary buffer to protect the rail line.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

That is the cash buffer the government has to help meet its own fiscal rules and reduce borrowing.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

It also sent troops into a UN-patrolled buffer zone that had separated Israeli and Syrian forces on the mainly Israeli-occupied Golan Heights since 1974.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

I like the style, but it's not as good of a buffer as my curls used to be.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

Varian Perception reversed from risk-on to risk-off based somewhat on buffers provided by strong earnings.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

But a major incident that causes widespread economic or human harm could swamp a company’s financial buffers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The central bank also needs to have buffers, “and at this rate, we have some left.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

He said he would seek to leverage tax dollars to help communities better prepare for wildfires, creating buffers and hardening structures because of wildfires that will inevitably occur in certain communities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

The carriages are mounted on bogies, and have been completely equipped with carriage springs, grease boxes for the axles, spring buffers, draw-bars and screw couplings right and left.

From The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 by Various

Drawdowns in inventories from China to Europe to the U.S., which buffered the market in the conflict’s first seven months, have left little room for error.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

"The people who are responsible for doing this in the first place seem to have got away from it, they seem to be protected and buffered and inured," Sheen said.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Davi added that “this trend has fueled significant interest in buffered ETFs” over the past few years.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

Despite the considerable hype surrounding these buffered ETFs, Crill has found their risk-reward profile to be substantially similar to the 60/40 portfolio.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026

The outside noises of cars pulling up and people yelling “See you tomorrow!” surround me, but I am buffered by earmuffs, an island on the steps.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari

It would have the right to sell that compute power at a specific price by a stated date, buffering itself from a steeper hit to profits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

These links, used by Kiran and his friends, have practical downsides – such as frequent buffering or poor quality, or platforms that disappear without warning.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

By buffering those short-term fluctuations, the kidney might help maintain a more consistent individual chemical profile in urine.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

Still, as I shuffled papers, I became part of the buffering, incomplete chain of communication.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

The houses on this road were crowded together and shared common walls, with small, walled yards in front buffering them from the street.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini