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buffer

[buhf-er] / ˈbʌf ər /


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But it expects those rules to be met by a smaller buffer - known as "headroom" - of around £20bn.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Officials say Israel decided it needed wider buffer zones and a stepped-up military presence to protect civilian communities and soldiers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

The idea is to create a buffer against needing to sell stocks after a major market decline early, especially early in retirement.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

As the city moves to ban wells and new state laws require buffer zones and plugging idle wells, “the relationship between residential communities and oil drilling operators has been reset,” she wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 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

“Some of the buffers that helped contain crude oil prices are ebbing,” McNally told MarketWatch by email Monday from Riyadh, where he was attending the 17th International Energy Forum.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

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

If I do these things just after Jackson has passed I catch it nastily, just about the rear buffers.

From Punch or the London Charivari, October 10, 1920 by Sir Owen Seaman

"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

So this fund, like buffered and other defined outcome funds, has lagged behind the S&P 500 for the most part.

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

A defined-outcome or buffered ETF is one that protects the investor by limiting downside risk in return for giving up some of the broad stock market’s upside potential.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 28, 2026

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

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini

These links, used by Kiran and his friends, have practical downsides – such as frequent buffering or poor quality, or platforms that disappear without warning.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

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

It resonates more with the progress bar instead of the buffering icon.

From Slate ● Apr. 4, 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


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