buffer

Example Sentences

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"All of this is a big, big buffer for the next few weeks and that's why the market is not panicking."

From Barron's

Low inflation across the Gulf also acts as a buffer.

From The Wall Street Journal

This is the buffer against her rule not to borrow to fund day-to-day spending in five years' time.

From BBC

For now, East Asian importers have enough oil reserves to buffer the shocks for a few weeks.

From MarketWatch

The pact, brokered by the U.S. and France, required the creation of a buffer zone south of Lebanon’s Litani River and Hezbollah’s disarmament.

From The Wall Street Journal