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buttress

[buh-tris] / ˈbʌ trɪs /




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It’s just the latest sign that the launch of a whole ecosystem of ETFs has done little to buttress bitcoin against the whims of mercurial investors.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

Millions will be spent to regild the hulking Art Deco statues that buttress Arlington Memorial Bridge.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2026

Overseas Nepali workers bankroll their families and buttress the economy, making them a key constituency in elections next week -- but they cannot vote themselves.

From Barron's Feb. 25, 2026

Among them are working drawings that prescribe the profile of every block of stone, each keyed to its exact place in the building, whether gable, tracery or buttress.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 18, 2026

However, he was alert, and he snapped open the spy hole, at the same time opening the tap that allowed a flow of naphtha past the pilot light in the buttress outside.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

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

At the last minute though, those faithful buttresses on the south side were further strengthened.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2024

That buttresses what Cohen will say: There’s no way that Trump signed a series of $35,000 checks to Cohen without knowing and intending them to be reimbursement for Cohen’s payment to Daniels.

From Slate May 8, 2024

Chiefdoms characteristically have an ideology, precursor to an institutionalized religion, that buttresses the chief’s authority.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

The U.S. earnings growth is buttressed by “the AI-led tech investment supercycle” and, as has been widely lauded in recent months, its energy independence.

From MarketWatch May 6, 2026

This VIX strategy, buttressed with gas price data, is intended to capture more fear data.

From Barron's Mar. 11, 2026

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

From BBC Feb. 24, 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

My faith was buttressed by a book by Jacques Maritain rather than by the experience of worship at a Lenten service with classmates or serving at some old lady’s funeral.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

That discovery leads Mr. Lemann to ponder his family’s entanglement with slavery and its role in buttressing the Lemann fortune.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 26, 2026

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

Xi said China was open to buttressing cooperation within the U.N. and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation framework and safeguard the interests of developing countries.

From Reuters Oct. 20, 2023

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

Deep in the motionless lake, the shining snows repeated themselves, so also the rose-red rocks, the blue shadows, the dark buttressing crags with their pines.

From Lady Merton, Colonist by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.




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