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buffer

[buhf-er] / ˈbʌf ər /


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Positive dealer gamma could buffer a decline, as market makers may help cushion the decline due to hedging flows.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

An undercurrent of friction brought an edge to the breezy vibe, with Edwards often acting as the awkward buffer between Lucey and Barberie, who did little to disguise their dislike of each other.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

Social insects including bees rely on cooling behavior for example fanning their wings when things get too hot to buffer the hive but there are limits as to how effective this is in extreme heat.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

"We try to hold a week's buffer across all nine outlets, but this summer that's getting hard to promise," he said.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

They were trying to create a firebreak, a buffer zone like the bald where there would be nothing for the wildfires to burn.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

If the world’s inventory buffers were depleted, $120 is a price that could trigger enough demand destruction to put global supply and demand back in balance, Merritt Point’s Baird said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

With the coaster slated to open in the coming days or weeks, residents aren’t optimistic for change or the sudden construction of more noise buffers.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

These functions include signal synchronization, adjustable delay lines, optical buffers, and frequency conversion.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

Expanding revenue from the power sector and the less-cyclical defense industry should create some buffers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

If I do these things just after Jackson has passed I catch it nastily, just about the rear buffers.

From Punch or the London Charivari, October 10, 1920 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

Champagne added that some investors are looking to replace traditional 60% stocks and 40% fixed income portfolios with ones that have 60% equities, 20% bonds and 20% in buffered ETFs.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

Astoria launched a hedged growth fund for separately managed accounts in late 2020 that offers strategies similar to buffered ETFs.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

So far prices have been modulated in financial markets by expectations of an imminent settlement and buffered in the physical market by the drawing down of inventories.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 2, 2026

Day made clear that defined-outcome or buffered ETFs were not designed to outperform underlying stock indexes.

From MarketWatch Apr. 28, 2026

Down, down the hill he went, buffered by the cool breeze.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu

Even on distant servers, buffering wasn’t an issue, and video quality remained consistent throughout my testing.

From Salon Jun. 17, 2026

It resonates more with the progress bar instead of the buffering icon.

From Slate Apr. 4, 2026

Without my boyfriend’s paycheck buffering our vibes-based accounting, it was time to face the scariest part of managing your money: the spending audit.

From MarketWatch Mar. 31, 2026

Previous attempts at live broadcasting, like the Jake Paul-Mike Tyson fight in 2024, resulted in buffering issues.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 10, 2026

I've looked at a lot of code for electronic buffering.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan




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