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buttress

[buh-tris] / ˈbʌ trɪs /




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From vocalisations to food intake, social interactions to rhythmic beating on trees, known as buttress drumming, they note down everything.

From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026

Basically, since getting sworn in to the role, Patel has used a Gulfstream jet owned by the agency to buttress his vacation time.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2025

There’s nothing like a Fed put to buttress markets, even if doubts exist this whole artificial-intelligence thing is going to work out swimmingly.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 24, 2025

“Dictators, tyrants and kings build monumental architecture to buttress their own egos, which is called authoritarian monumentalism,” Gilmore writes.

From Salon • Oct. 28, 2025

Then she tied them both securely to a massive buttress of one of the roots, as thick around as her own hips.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman




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