buttressed

Example Sentences

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

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

Our rigorous expectations haven’t changed, and student performance has increased as we’ve buttressed resources.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

As investors enter the home stretch of 2025, the mindset is still skewed toward risk-on, buttressed by three unofficial “puts” that they believe establish a floor for risk-asset prices.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 31, 2025

The union’s demand for an independent arbitrator to handle discrimination and harassment complaints, for instance, was buttressed by similar provisions in place at UCLA, the University of Washington and New York University.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2023

Instead, I propped my elbow on the reading table and buttressed my fingertips against my forehead to obscure my face.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu