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reinforce

[ree-in-fawrs, -fohrs] / ˌri ɪnˈfɔrs, -ˈfoʊrs /


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The city said it would provide sandbags at three locations and encouraged residents with private seawalls to reinforce them if necessary.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026

For Vicinanza, the new findings reinforce the relationship between traditional food practices and modern discoveries about how the body functions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

If Warsh signals that financial conditions haven’t tightened enough, it could reinforce expectations for additional rate hikes, resulting in the market pricing in more rate hikes than expected, and interest rates rising.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026

Consumer prices, excluding fresh food, climbed 2.1% in September from a year earlier, which will likely reinforce market views that the Bank of Japan will tighten policy settings in December.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

The Army of the Cumberland would attack the center—an easier job, John said, because they were only expected to worry Bragg enough to keep him from sending men from his center to reinforce his ends.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

Instead, she said that the "first key consideration was energy security", as the Middle East crisis reinforces the importance of "home-grown energy".

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

For now, the research reinforces the importance of exercise while revealing that its benefits depend on an intricate network of molecular processes inside muscle cells.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Last, it reinforces that he probably does have plans for after the midterms.

From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2026

“The increasing concentration of market gains reinforces the importance of managing risk.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

In doing so, he establishes that the ring is his territory, not theirs, a notion that he reinforces by shout­ing, by stomping about, by snapping his whip.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

"They're trying to break me but, paradoxically or not, this campaign has reinforced my decision to enter politics precisely to put an end to this hate-filled rhetoric," she told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

“That did not help remove that mistrust. It reinforced that mistrust.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

But back-to-back stoppage victories over Wardley have reinforced his standing among the world's leading active heavyweights.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Other research has reinforced the idea that exercise remains valuable even when physical performance inevitably declines with age.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

My reinforced plate-titanium WarDoor swung down from the ceiling, slamming and locking into place over my apartment’s built-in security door.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

The leadership in the Bahamas, Guyana and Antigua and Barbuda will celebrate the King and his work in protecting rainforests, creating cultural ties and reinforcing relationships around trade, energy, and agriculture.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Instead, its connections remain selective, reinforcing the discovery that the LC operates through carefully organized signaling pathways.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Under Mao, scores of Han Chinese were dispatched to the region, reinforcing Beijing’s authority while also building a buffer with Soviet states in Central Asia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

The government meanwhile welcomed the polling date announcements as an "important stage ... towards reinforcing the country's democratic system".

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

My mother makes us scarf down our food in four minutes, reinforcing the definition of fast food.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass


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