reinforce
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When pro-voting-rights groups lobby Congress, they reinforce a broad understanding of the 14th and 15th amendments.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
These updates reinforce management’s confidence in meeting its goal to return at least 12% adjusted earnings per share growth in 2027, compared with 2026, Chief Executive Gail Boudreaux said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Facing mounting external pressure, Shein has sought to repair and reinforce relationships at home, marking a tactical shift from its previous strategy to distance itself from its Chinese roots.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
What Prince William also did that night was reinforce his credibility with fans.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Alberto was assigned to reinforce the pen, which was then personally inspected by Father, followed by yet another talk with Travis behind closed doors.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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If management raises its expected margin again, that reinforces the idea that Netflix is becoming more like a highly profitable media-services company rather than simply a streamer.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
“If anything this reinforces the impetus to invest in other pathways as quickly as possible.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Davies hopes the documentary raises awareness of the harm caused by hidden spy cameras and reinforces that abuses of privacy and "consent should never be normalised".
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
But that just reinforces Samuel Johnson’s adage that patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
It just reinforces for Pete that welcoming his own workers’ families was the right decision.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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De la Fuente reinforced that idea before Lamine Yamal won more duels than any of his team-mates in the quarter-final victory against Belgium.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
—Gold prices rose as the crude rally reinforced inflation concerns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
By all reports, he certainly reinforced the president’s inclination to join Israel in attacking Iran this past February.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
That reinforced a "reasonable assumption" that it was "almost exclusively" entities connected to UniCredit that were accepting the offer, Commerzbank said in June.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
The starkness of the paradox is reinforced by the diction and meter: short, simple words, a stressed monosyllable followed by six iambic feet* Most people are never going to die.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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For Rahmstorf, the past shows the Atlantic can shift suddenly from one state to another, while the modern ocean is already showing warning signs of the system reinforcing its own decline.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
In general, these moves by Rockstar might prove enormously successful, reinforcing some of these problematic trends.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
He also said he was shocked by the poor construction of the buildings, with plastic foam having been used as mortar filler between cement slabs and insufficient reinforcing steel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Removal protection was one of the mutually reinforcing design features of independent agencies that promoted stability and bipartisanship.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
Lourdes fears that the boy is reinforcing Enrique’s sense of abandonment.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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