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buffer

[buhf-er] / ˈbʌf ər /


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Most importantly, the proposal extends the buffer period before a fund must make its initial repurchase offer.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 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

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

DMZ, a buffer strip containing the Military Demarcation Line which marks the land border between the two Koreas.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

“He’s got an eleven-thousand-mile buffer zone from all this sweetness and light.”

From "Ungifted" by Gordon Korman

“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

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

Some hard-hit countries want to expand their own buffers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

As those cost buffers fade, manufacturers may have to choose between raising prices, accepting lower profit margins, or risking weaker demand, it adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

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

From Mr. Punch's Cockney Humour by Various

Drawdowns in inventories from China to Europe to the U.S., which buffered the market in the conflict’s first seven months, have left little room for error.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

"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

Just look at the performance of the largest buffered ETF in the last bear market.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

A buffered ETF’s manager can limit the downside risk through derivative trades, using option-premium income to enable the protection.

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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