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They have served as "a buffer that absorbs bad years so that a single drought or a single dry season does not translate directly into a water crisis", she told reporters.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

Their varied diets should also buffer them from imbalances in prey populations.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026

The 735 million Hong Kong dollar take-private could reduce Public Bank’s capital buffer, but shouldn’t hinder its dividend payout or plan to return 3.5 billion ringgit in excess capital over three years, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

The newly appointed chancellor told the paper he would ensure the UK has a solid "buffer against uncertainty" amid the "dangerous" economic environment that has seen the UK and its allies suffer fiscal damage.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

The more buffer he had between him and Tad when they finally were face-to-face, the better.

From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau

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

It “strengthens the banks’ capital buffers while giving the authorities more time to deal with losses and declining returns without forcing an immediate recognition and liquidation,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

It's possible that a global AI race travelling at Silicon Valley's top speeds could be about to hit the buffers of very localised political and environmental concerns.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

“Those have largely now played out, and we don’t have nearly the buffers in the system that we did when it began.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

They were decent old buffers, that firm, and would understand.

From A Safety Match by Ian Hay

"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

So far prices have been modulated in financial markets by expectations of an imminent settlement and buffered in the physical market by the drawing down of inventories.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

A buffered ETF’s manager can limit the downside risk through derivative trades, using option-premium income to enable the protection.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 28, 2026

But noise, as well as glare, are typically buffered with vegetative landscaping and setbacks, or the distance between the property line and the nearest structure.

From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2026

The northern side of 141st Street was buffered by brownstones standing shoulder to shoulder, as if marching in formation.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

It resonates more with the progress bar instead of the buffering icon.

From Slate ● Apr. 4, 2026

Without my boyfriend’s paycheck buffering our vibes-based accounting, it was time to face the scariest part of managing your money: the spending audit.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 31, 2026

In streaming tests, both VPNs handled 1080p content without buffering.

From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2026

I've looked at a lot of code for electronic buffering.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan