buffer
Example Sentences
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The buffer, introduced in 2018 in an effort to ensure systemic stability in the banking system, is set twice annually based on household debt, asset imbalances and other financial trends and risks.
For more than 30 years before that, effectively since World War II, Afghanistan had served as a buffer state between the American and the Soviet empires.
From Salon
The bank has been facing the prospect of steeper capital requirements in its home country, and it voiced opposition to the previous proposal, arguing that it doesn’t need bigger capital buffers to stay safe.
Because we rely so heavily on this natural buffering capacity, scientists are keen to untangle the complex processes that control how carbon enters, moves through, and is stored in the sea.
From Science Daily
Even on distant servers, buffering wasn’t an issue and video quality remained consistent throughout my testing.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
