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buttress

[buh-tris] / ˈbʌ trɪs /




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Or, the elite artificial-intelligence names helping to buttress the S&P 500 against further losses could start to struggle themselves.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

While throwing, the chimpanzees pant hoot — a loud, long-distance communicative signal — and sometimes repeatedly hit their hands and feet on the tree in a behavior called buttress drumming.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026

To buttress their argument that an expert cannot be used as a back channel for “inadmissible hearsay,” they pointed to a nonexistent 2021 case brought by the government.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Under Caine’s approach, U.S. air defenses could be realigned in the region to buttress the defense of key sites.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

Let us examine the roadblock and the various unspoken assumptions that buttress it.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

In the very short-term, Tyler thinks inflation and payrolls data due this week may reinforce sentiment, especially if a jobs number like August’s buttresses the growth story.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

That the flying buttresses, with no vault restraining them, did not push the walls in was miraculous.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025

The manuscript reveals a gothic, green castle, with decadent arches, spires and buttresses — the very castle on the stage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2025

The lean was about 15 degrees and the building would have collapsed on its own, had it not been shored up with buttresses, the Lower Gornal local history group said.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2024

The architect knew that buttresses had to be built to relieve the pressure the vault would place on the piers.

From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay

The alternative argument about the AI build-out is buttressed by the fact that capital expenditure isn’t immediately reflected in profit and losses.

From MarketWatch ● May 29, 2026

Its supply is believed to have been buttressed over the last year by advanced Akinci combat models.

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026

Strong performances from major franchises including an "Avatar" tie-in game and juggernaut "Assassin's Creed" buttressed struggling French games giant Ubisoft's third-quarter results, the company said Thursday.

From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026

Nor did the regime implement any major domestic political and economic reforms that could have buttressed its popular support.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026

After a while, without saying anything, I went to the side of the road and lay down on a pile of damp leaves between the tall, buttressed roots of a kapok tree.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Among other priorities, she favors government spending in pursuit of buttressing Japan’s manufacturing economy and food security, and investing in nuclear energy, artificial intelligence and other high-tech sectors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2025

Disney shares have gained more than 30% this year, buttressing the company’s argument that Iger is getting things on the right track.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2024

He said the government is focusing on buttressing the country’s naval and air assets, without offering any details.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2023

California boasts 38% of the nation's residential solar capacity, buttressing the U.S. market's 40% surge in 2022, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association trade group.

From Reuters ● Apr. 10, 2023

His mouthpieces, Count von Hertling and Count Czernin, said it, by way of buttressing much verbal camouflage conveying that their peoples would like peace by gentler means—that is, by the Allies yielding.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. by Various




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