cushion
Example Sentences
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The lender’s small short-dated negative gap—where funding costs reset faster than loan yields—could help cushion interest-rate weakness, she says.
Employment has been essentially flat for the past year, meaning workers don’t have a large cushion for rising prices.
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Employment has been essentially flat for the past year, meaning workers don’t have a large cushion for rising prices.
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In most cases, the 2% target provides a bit of cushion for Fed officials, particularly in the case of a recession.
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The new funding puts OpenAI on strong financial footing, giving it a crucial cash cushion to continue spending aggressively on AI chips for its research and products.
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