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The Fed reduced their rainy-day cash buffer, freeing up cash for shareholder returns — the bank plans to increase its dividend by 12%, Fraser says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

"Our seas are not an empty void or a buffer zone between global powers -- they are our estate, our livelihood, and our identity as stewards of the sea."

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

Retail investors’ increasingly active approach to trading the markets could create more of a buffer for equity prices, Rubner said, given their tendency to swoop in and buy on weakness.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026

Gina Martinez, chair of the executive board of the Wilmington Neighborhood Council, said the land in question provides a vital buffer between port activity and residential communities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2026

They were trying to create a firebreak, a buffer zone like the bald where there would be nothing for the wildfires to burn.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

But those buffers have limits that would be tested by an extended closure of the strait, the IMF warned.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Who are we if not how we act at a dinner party with three other people, where the lack of buffers presents the opportunity for total, intimate sincerity?

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

But they are based on 2025 stress capital buffers, or SCBs, which refer to the capital lenders must hold above required regulatory minimums.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

Reserve buffers for oil have been “more resilient, tanker traffic has found ‘goat paths’ along the Omani coastline, and post-COVID demand behavior has changed more than the market initially understood,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026

Bonnet buffers when the blooming copper Can't get near yer nohow.

From Mr. Punch's Cockney Humour by Various

If you’re really worried that the AI-fueled rally is a bubble that is about to pop and bring down the entire market with it, then buffered ETFs will help you sleep at night.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

Davi added that “this trend has fueled significant interest in buffered ETFs” over the past few years.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 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

Despite the considerable hype surrounding these buffered ETFs, Crill has found their risk-reward profile to be substantially similar to the 60/40 portfolio.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 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

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

And there were no lagging or buffering issues.

From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2026

The massive audience tested the technical capacity of the streaming platform, as many fans complained of buffering or losing the video feed completely.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026

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

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan