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as in sustained
to hold up or serve as a foundation for
a brace buttressed the wall
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as in reinforced
to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)
a mass of circumstantial evidence buttresses the prosecutor's case
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Recent Examples of buttressed
Murdoch’s media muscle has been increasingly buttressed by his Wall Street Journal revenues as well as those of the doctrinaire Fox News.
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Peter Bart, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2025
So that needs to be buttressed.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 24 Aug. 2025
Goldberg, co-chair of Paramount Pictures and Paramount Television, buttressed Ellison’s pledge to invest in strong family and YA-friendly movies and TV shows.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 13 Aug. 2025
Peter Bart, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2025
So that needs to be buttressed.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 24 Aug. 2025
Goldberg, co-chair of Paramount Pictures and Paramount Television, buttressed Ellison’s pledge to invest in strong family and YA-friendly movies and TV shows.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for buttressed
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White Bear Lake was inside the red zone, trailing by six in the fourth quarter when star quarterback Oluwatomi Animasaun sustained an injury that forced him to exit the contest on fourth down.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
13 Sep. 2025
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These state powerhouses both sustained narrow defeats to out-of-state opponents during opening week.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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As the fireline is constructed, inspected or reinforced, mappers record those details to adjust the containment percentage.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Data on job growth continues to fall short of forecasts, and downward revisions to past figures from the Department of Labor have reinforced the view that the Fed may need to stimulate consumer spending, lower borrowing costs and encourage investment to prevent a labor market crisis.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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The weekly jobs report stole the spotlight, as an unexpected jump to multiyear highs bolstered fears about cracks in the labor market.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
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In doing so, lottery officials said the player ended up with three $50,000 winning tickets, meaning her $2 mistake bolstered her win to $150,000.—
Daniella Segura,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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Only three currently represent districts Harris carried last year.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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The guardrail to this application is ensuring the rules, framework and sourcing are continually validated, and that assumptions are not allowed to be carried versus validated continually.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The research, published in Nature Photonics, was supported by the Army Research Office, NSF, DARPA, and NASA’s JPL.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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What began as a handful of campus groups now stretches across more than 3,500 high schools and universities, supported by dozens of full-time staff who manage student activists like a professional sales force.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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In January, the Supreme Court unanimously upheld legislation requiring ByteDance to divest or face a nationwide ban.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Sep. 2025
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If the 12-match ban is upheld, Berthoumieu will miss France’s upcoming semifinal against England on Saturday and either the bronze medal game or the final on September 27 as well as a further 10 matches in her domestic championship.—
Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Buttressed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buttressed. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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