buffer

Example Sentences

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“That added cash flow is helping support larger purchases, including vehicles, and providing a partial buffer against higher prices at the pump,” Skordeles says.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

For example, maintaining green spaces as wildlife habitat can buffer infrastructure from severe weather, erosion or flooding.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

However, those inventories have been “steadily drawn down” over the past month, suggesting that stockpiles can only provide a limited buffer to oil supply, the J.P.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

Katz had already announced the intention to create a buffer zone in the south of Lebanon earlier in the month.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

And whites saw mulattoes—the children of those relationships — as potential allies, a buffer between them and the enormous numbers of slaves on the island.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell