- present tense form of reinforce (3rd person singular).
reinforces
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He added: "The fact that they're not getting more robust pushback reinforces the wrong message."
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
“This appointment reinforces LA28’s commitment to harness the unparalleled creativity, cultural influence and storytelling power of the entertainment capital of the world,” an announcement from the Olympic organizers said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
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
Macauley reinforces this mindset with a simple instruction to her team: "Follow the data, ask better questions, and figure out what is actually happening."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
This visible evidence of political centralization that the kofun provide reinforces the accounts of Kofun era Japanese emperors written down much later in Japanese and Korean chronicles.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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