buffer
Example Sentences
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One way to avoid that is to add a 10% buffer to your expected spending.
From MarketWatch
And there were no lagging or buffering issues.
From Salon
The market is due to see a rolling supply disruption unfolding “sequentially rather than simultaneously” — moving westward, “dictated by shipping times and buffered unevenly by regional inventories.”
From MarketWatch
“Fiscal buffers will be of only limited benefit if the outright supply shortages beginning to emerge in some Asian economies worsen and spread,” wrote Gavekal Research analyst Udith Sakand in a research note.
From Barron's
De Guindos stated European banks have robust capital and liquidity buffers, but called the conflict a supply shock with far-reaching repercussions.
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