buffer

Example Sentences

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For example, maintaining green spaces as wildlife habitat can buffer infrastructure from severe weather, erosion or flooding.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

However, those inventories have been “steadily drawn down” over the past month, suggesting that stockpiles can only provide a limited buffer to oil supply, the J.P.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

"Reserves and efficiency offer some buffer which the episodes in the 1970s lacked, but the raw scale of lost supply makes this nastier, with no fast fix in sight."

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

"Countries like Vietnam who have rapidly increased their share of solar generation, have a stronger buffer against rising energy import prices," Kong said.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

“What would the Death Eaters want with a poor broken-down old buffer like me?” demanded Slughorn.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling