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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
Too weak to resist Echard’s weathering, the works’ protective textile must be buttressed, even if only by common kitchen foil.
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Theo Belci, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
Nearly half of all American men aged eighteen to forty-nine maintain an online sports-betting account, a statistic surely buttressed by a multibillion-dollar advertising blitz.
—Jasper Craven, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
The city and county’s combined $20 million for phase two will be buttressed by $8 million in private donations, Kahn said.
—Tracey McManus, Dallas Morning News, 21 Jan. 2026
This was autonomy buttressed by evidence and clinical acumen.
—Eric Boodman, STAT, 20 Jan. 2026
The year-round employees are buttressed by additional leaf-seasonal workers to stave off disaster.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 19 Jan. 2026
The emergence of these young contributors — and others like 26-year-old first-time starting center Neemias Queta — has buttressed a roster that looked dangerously top-heavy entering the season.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
The relentless spoofing is, fortunately, buttressed by a convincing backdrop for marrying British comedy to the historical drama.
—Elaina Patton, IndieWire, 3 Dec. 2025
The repetition of that mythic version has buttressed the belief that the fight for American independence was an event somehow separate from world history.
—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
Theo Belci, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
Nearly half of all American men aged eighteen to forty-nine maintain an online sports-betting account, a statistic surely buttressed by a multibillion-dollar advertising blitz.
—Jasper Craven, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
The city and county’s combined $20 million for phase two will be buttressed by $8 million in private donations, Kahn said.
—Tracey McManus, Dallas Morning News, 21 Jan. 2026
This was autonomy buttressed by evidence and clinical acumen.
—Eric Boodman, STAT, 20 Jan. 2026
The year-round employees are buttressed by additional leaf-seasonal workers to stave off disaster.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 19 Jan. 2026
The emergence of these young contributors — and others like 26-year-old first-time starting center Neemias Queta — has buttressed a roster that looked dangerously top-heavy entering the season.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
The relentless spoofing is, fortunately, buttressed by a convincing backdrop for marrying British comedy to the historical drama.
—Elaina Patton, IndieWire, 3 Dec. 2025
The repetition of that mythic version has buttressed the belief that the fight for American independence was an event somehow separate from world history.
—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for buttressed
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The move comes after Crosby sustained a lower-body injury during the Olympic hockey tournament at the Milan Cortina Games.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Feb. 2026
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The pickup’s driver sustained injuries believed not to be life-threatening and was taken to a hospital.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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Even the audience was made up entirely of robots, which reinforced the scale of the production.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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Jackson reinforced Blackness as beautiful and Black people as somebody, and that lit a fuse in people like Gant.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Feb. 2026
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Slickly made with an eye for entertainment, the film is bolstered by the odd-couple energy of its two leads, while also delving into potent themes such as corporate greed and systemic racism.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Feb. 2026
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The ad is the first produced and paid for by Stratton’s own campaign, though her candidacy has been bolstered by millions of dollars in ads from an allied political action committee largely funded by Pritzker, the billionaire heir to the Hyatt Hotels fortune.—
Rick Pearson,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Feb. 2026
Verb
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During the press conference, Isaacman admitted that the spacecraft should never have carried astronauts, given the unresolved technical issues.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Feb. 2026
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The feeling of dread only worsened as teammates carried her first to the sideline, where coaches and trainers eventually carried her to the locker room.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Matthew Buck, vice president of public affairs for the California Apartment Association, said the extension was not needed since it was not supported by the DCBA report.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
25 Feb. 2026
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The families of the victims who died when an American Airlines jet collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter strongly supported the measure.—
Josh Funk,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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At the same time, the court upheld a Ten Commandments marker on the grounds of the Texas state Capitol in Austin.—
Hannah Schoenbaum,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2026
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At the same time, the court upheld a Ten Commandments marker on the grounds of the Texas state Capitol in Austin.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Buttressed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buttressed. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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