buffer
Example Sentences
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It creates a buffer between the set-up of the play, and the ball being delivered into the box.
From BBC • May 11, 2026
That route, called the Traffic Separation Scheme, established one 2-mile-wide lane for entering and one 2-mile-wide lane for leaving the Persian Gulf, plus a 2-mile-wide buffer zone.
From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026
“If Brent crude remains above $100 a barrel for long, the tax-refund buffer will eventually be exhausted, real income growth will compress further, and aggregate demand will slow.”
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
It could sap companies of a financial buffer if their core businesses struggle while they are still waiting for the AI bonanza to materialize.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
It is a good thing we have the sixty new men and boys to help buffer our smoldering anger toward one another.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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Computer Science and Technology - Middle School
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