buffer
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Today, North Korea serves as both buffer and burden for China.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
This created a buffer, while significant reductions in demand across Asia, Australia and Africa have helped ease supply in the west.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
It may be less of a buffer, but “that’s still a hefty amount of oil,” Emerson said.
From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026
Experts at the investment bank say that rapidly rising earnings could keep pushing up stock prices and that investors should use buffer exchange-traded funds and dividend stocks to manage risk rather than fleeing equities.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
All of these things are possible: we’ve both reached that borderline age, that buffer zone in which it can still be believed such tricks will work if you avoid bright sunlight.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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