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buffer

[buhf-er] / ˈbʌf ər /


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Their varied diets should also buffer them from imbalances in prey populations.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 2026

Although these premiums are likely to normalize as geopolitical tensions ease, they have provided a buffer for export earnings and fiscal revenue.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

The newly appointed chancellor told the paper he would ensure the UK has a solid "buffer against uncertainty" amid the "dangerous" economic environment that has seen the UK and its allies suffer fiscal damage.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

Rather, it has a patchwork of municipal and county zoning ordinances, with some — including in the cities of Burbank and Culver City and Alameda County — requiring buffer zones.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

It is a tragedy that happens often to anyone who acts as a buffer.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

The old incurred-loss method for smaller institutions was straightforward and nearly cost-free, and it permitted regulators to use capital requirements to provide adequate buffers.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

For publicly traded state financial firms, shoring up these capital buffers will also help create greater value and deliver steady, long-term returns for investors, it added.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

"Had these buffers been in place, today's supply shock would have been substantially cushioned," Cofek says.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

If the world’s inventory buffers were depleted, $120 is a price that could trigger enough demand destruction to put global supply and demand back in balance, Merritt Point’s Baird said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

Under these awful pressures the huge floes, as they met, crumbling at the edges, threw up vast masses of broken ice which in long pressure-ridges acted as buffers.

From True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World by Adolphus W. Greely

"The people who are responsible for doing this in the first place seem to have got away from it, they seem to be protected and buffered and inured," Sheen said.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

Astoria launched a hedged growth fund for separately managed accounts in late 2020 that offers strategies similar to buffered ETFs.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

So far prices have been modulated in financial markets by expectations of an imminent settlement and buffered in the physical market by the drawing down of inventories.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 2, 2026

For monthly series of Innovator buffered ETFs, the upside limit is changed upon annual reset, according to market conditions.

From MarketWatch Apr. 28, 2026

Down, down the hill he went, buffered by the cool breeze.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu

It resonates more with the progress bar instead of the buffering icon.

From Slate Apr. 4, 2026

Without my boyfriend’s paycheck buffering our vibes-based accounting, it was time to face the scariest part of managing your money: the spending audit.

From MarketWatch Mar. 31, 2026

The massive audience tested the technical capacity of the streaming platform, as many fans complained of buffering or losing the video feed completely.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 25, 2026

And did so with no buffering issues or freeze-ups.

From Salon Mar. 13, 2026

The houses on this road were crowded together and shared common walls, with small, walled yards in front buffering them from the street.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini




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