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buffer

[buhf-er] / ˈbʌf ər /


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He also said using a projection that accounts for only 75% to 80% of that estimated benefit can help younger workers build a buffer into their retirement finances in case benefits are reduced.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

The owner said Styles covered the usual Saturday takings at both sites on Eastcastle Street and Great Titchfield Street and also added a buffer to ensure all drinks could be paid for.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

However, the larger scale and stronger cash generation of Xiaomi’s internet of things and internet services segments, compared with previous smartphone downturns, should provide a buffer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

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

It would be hard for him, having Julie without Bri serving as a buffer.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer

Stocks fell by a further 95 million barrels in August alone, leaving smaller buffers against additional supply disruptions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 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

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

"Had these buffers been in place, today's supply shock would have been substantially cushioned," Cofek says.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

In types KXD, LXRE, and XE be sure to first replace the two soft rubber buffers in the bottom of the jar, one over each ridge.

From The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair by Otto A. Witte

"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

Champagne added that some investors are looking to replace traditional 60% stocks and 40% fixed income portfolios with ones that have 60% equities, 20% bonds and 20% in buffered ETFs.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

Day made clear that defined-outcome or buffered ETFs were not designed to outperform underlying stock indexes.

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

Inside it, she was an observer, buffered from the scrutinizing eyes of strangers.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini

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

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

It’s a protective mechanism for them, a way of buffering themselves against my future death, like when teenagers distance themselves from their parents in preparation for leaving home.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen




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