buffered

past tense of buffer
as in softened
to lessen the shock of during my walk an umbrella and thick coat buffered the freezing rain

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softened
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  • What’s more, a lot of Americans still have mortgage rates that are low enough to make the idea of a move daunting, and affordability overall hasn’t improved much even as the economy has softened.
    Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Materials are interesting in that a low looks to have been established, while Capital Equipment has softened somewhat recently.
    Randy Watts, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Buffered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buffered. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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