reinforce
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Those mice also experienced less liver damage, reinforcing the idea that the microbiome itself plays a central protective role.
From Science Daily
At that gathering, Kim was named the party's General Secretary, a title previously reserved for his father and predecessor Kim Jong Il, in what analysts said was a move to reinforce his authority.
From Barron's
The findings reinforce the idea that Northwest Africa was a major center of early human evolution during periods when shifting climates opened migration routes across what is now the Sahara.
From Science Daily
This image may have been reinforced by a book Augustus wrote about her after her death that painted her as "this crazy spinster lady who lived in Paris".
From BBC
"Which reinforces what players say just from their experience and from common sense -- it's just harder. It's harder on the body."
From Barron's
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