cushioned

past tense of cushion
as in softened
to lessen the shock of a substantial nest egg helped to cushion the sudden loss of her job

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“Cushioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cushioned. Accessed 4 May. 2024.

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