bolstering

Example Sentences

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The European Union is putting forward a stack of measures aimed at bolstering its technological capabilities, the latest push from the bloc to reduce its dependence on tech giants from countries like the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

The front seats themselves were kind of uncomfortable: broad and flat, with almost no side or bottom bolstering, and also strangely overfirm.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

"We maintain the view that an electric model with a high price tag... will not generate significant volumes" capable of bolstering Ferrari's earnings, Equita analysts wrote in a research note Tuesday.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

This accompanied the news that the State Department is bolstering a South Florida disaster-preparedness supply center.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

She ransacked her memory for some bolstering saying of Agatha Swanburne’s—something about vain plumage, perhaps?—but came up empty.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood