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cushion

noun as in pillow, pad

verb as in pad, protect from blow

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By halftime, Dent had led his team to a 40-33 cushion thanks largely to his 14 points, six assists, two rebounds and a steal.

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Most speculation about artificial intelligence has focused on its potential to kill jobs and on the policies that government might implement to control AI and cushion workers against temporary or permanent unemployment.

Arsenal won their fifth successive Premier League match to finish the weekend with a six-point cushion at the top of the table as Liverpool ended their miserable losing run.

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That would “cushion the blow of folding in the government shutdown fight.”

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That would “cushion the blow of folding in the government shutdown fight.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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