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buffer

[buhf-er] / ˈbʌf ər /


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It recommended a "buffer" to protect rivers and "humane relocation" of communities where necessary.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

He also warns that ANZ’s lower-than-expected CET1 capital ratio has reduced its capital buffer, which was a key investment positive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

“Wide sandy beaches serve as a necessary buffer to protect the rail line.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

That is the cash buffer the government has to help meet its own fiscal rules and reduce borrowing.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

“It is never pleasant to be a buffer, Reuven,” he told me quietly.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

The shift is costly but could spur investment in tanks and caverns—and new hunger for oil as countries replenish reserves and build bigger buffers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

“Some of the buffers that helped contain crude oil prices are ebbing,” McNally told MarketWatch by email Monday from Riyadh, where he was attending the 17th International Energy Forum.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

He said he would seek to leverage tax dollars to help communities better prepare for wildfires, creating buffers and hardening structures because of wildfires that will inevitably occur in certain communities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Some hard-hit countries want to expand their own buffers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

When the parts are placed properly in position, and the outside blocks or buffers adjusted for opposing pressure, the cramps may be applied and screwed fairly tight.

From The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. by Horace Petherick

"The people who are responsible for doing this in the first place seem to have got away from it, they seem to be protected and buffered and inured," Sheen said.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

If you’re really worried that the AI-fueled rally is a bubble that is about to pop and bring down the entire market with it, then buffered ETFs will help you sleep at night.

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

For monthly series of Innovator buffered ETFs, the upside limit is changed upon annual reset, according to market conditions.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 28, 2026

The outside noises of cars pulling up and people yelling “See you tomorrow!” surround me, but I am buffered by earmuffs, an island on the steps.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari

It would have the right to sell that compute power at a specific price by a stated date, buffering itself from a steeper hit to profits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

These links, used by Kiran and his friends, have practical downsides – such as frequent buffering or poor quality, or platforms that disappear without warning.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

By buffering those short-term fluctuations, the kidney might help maintain a more consistent individual chemical profile in urine.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

Still, as I shuffled papers, I became part of the buffering, incomplete chain of communication.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

The houses on this road were crowded together and shared common walls, with small, walled yards in front buffering them from the street.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini


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