reinforce
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"You can use the excuse that the soil is the problem but then you should have known that and you need to make sure that you reinforce it more," Verstappen said.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
"Meta's numbers reinforce the AI investment cycle, but funding is becoming an increasingly important part of the conversation," said Pepperstone's Chris Weston.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
The researchers say their results reinforce the idea that exercise sessions do not need to be lengthy to produce meaningful benefits.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
The bank says the rules will reinforce pricing power in Europe and possibly provide some modest improvement in market share across the largest European manufacturers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
But what if you could arrange the waves so that reflecting waves, instead of cancelling out the new waves, would reinforce them?
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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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 reinforces the fundamental truth that the market is incredibly difficult to beat consistently, and therefore that our default investment strategy should be to buy and hold index funds.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
Last, it reinforces that he probably does have plans for after the midterms.
From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2026
Especially if every glance in a mirror reinforces it.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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“That did not help remove that mistrust. It reinforced that mistrust.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
This was reinforced with a phonics screening check for six-year-olds.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Other research has reinforced the idea that exercise remains valuable even when physical performance inevitably declines with age.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
“This just reinforced the fact that the Fed has more work to do,” Rehling at Wells Fargo said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
What they offered was an essentially segregated learning environment that not only taught skills but also brought accomplished blacks together in a way that reinforced racial confidence.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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U.S. jobless claims resumed their downslide after breaking a monthlong decline last week, reinforcing expectations for another interest-rate hike this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
The government meanwhile welcomed the polling date announcements as an "important stage ... towards reinforcing the country's democratic system".
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
This created a reinforcing cycle in which rising oxygen levels encouraged chemical changes that supported biological growth, which in turn helped maintain atmospheric oxygen.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
It’s reinforcing the boardwalk with lumber and using the aforementioned 3,000-pound sandbags to “deflect wave energy on the beach side of the bulkhead, the seawall,” Martin said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Under normal conditions, the zirconium does its job well, reinforcing the sturdy rods without getting in the way of zinging neutrons.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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