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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
Magic Reservoir, which in years past has buttressed water deliveries into September, was only 37% full on Wednesday, according to the company.
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Mark Dee
may 22, Idaho Statesman, 22 May 2026
Brown said what came to be known as the Local Control Funding Formula would give local educators flexibility and additional resources to design curricula that match what their pupils need to succeed, buttressed by input from local parents and civic leaders.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 14 May 2026
Concrete has been buttressed to prevent it from collapsing and crushing workers.
—Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2026
Gukesh’s calm at the board was buttressed by an unusual focus in his training, on psychology, alongside the more traditional tactical and strategic instruction.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
At the time, analysts said Patel’s reported moves buttressed Swalwell’s image as a stalwart anti-Trump figure in the governor’s race.
—Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 16 Apr. 2026
That conversation was buttressed by one agency, Lacara, promoting Twinnin to unrepresented actors including the parents of those under the age of 18.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2026
For Zumthor, who collaborated with the firm of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the process was buttressed by a mutual trust and the freedom to pursue his vision to its full extent.
—Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 6 Mar. 2026
In the cases before the Supreme Court as well as the wage case before Hall, there is no suggestion that lawyers intentionally buttressed their arguments with phony precedents in order to win an unfair advantage.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2026
Mark Dee
may 22, Idaho Statesman, 22 May 2026
Brown said what came to be known as the Local Control Funding Formula would give local educators flexibility and additional resources to design curricula that match what their pupils need to succeed, buttressed by input from local parents and civic leaders.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 14 May 2026
Concrete has been buttressed to prevent it from collapsing and crushing workers.
—Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2026
Gukesh’s calm at the board was buttressed by an unusual focus in his training, on psychology, alongside the more traditional tactical and strategic instruction.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
At the time, analysts said Patel’s reported moves buttressed Swalwell’s image as a stalwart anti-Trump figure in the governor’s race.
—Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 16 Apr. 2026
That conversation was buttressed by one agency, Lacara, promoting Twinnin to unrepresented actors including the parents of those under the age of 18.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2026
For Zumthor, who collaborated with the firm of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the process was buttressed by a mutual trust and the freedom to pursue his vision to its full extent.
—Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 6 Mar. 2026
In the cases before the Supreme Court as well as the wage case before Hall, there is no suggestion that lawyers intentionally buttressed their arguments with phony precedents in order to win an unfair advantage.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for buttressed
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Garrincha was the best player at that World Cup, scoring four times and leading the attack after an injury sustained in the group phase ended Pelé’s involvement.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Leipzig police said two people were detained and two police officers sustained minor injuries but remained fit for duty.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 May 2026
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Also, the second-quarter revenue growth outlook of more than 30% reinforced Ikeda’s confidence in DDOG’s potential to generate further acceleration in its growth.—
TipRanks.com Staff,
CNBC,
31 May 2026
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Humility has to be understood, developed, measured, and reinforced as part of the system of leadership.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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But other evidence, including video and text messages of the officer bragging about the shooting, bolstered Martinez’s account and a judge dismissed the federal charges against her.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
29 May 2026
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The adoption of GPUs is increasingly being bolstered by AMD’s advantages in inference economics, where the MI-series accelerators provide enhanced memory bandwidth and tokens per dollar – the essential metrics as AI workloads transition from training to inference leading up to 2026.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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His new doctrine fueled a decades-long war – one that ultimately carried the communist movement to victory and state power in Beijing in 1949.—
Dhruv Tikekar,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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The Rockies’ Kyle Karros hit an opposite-field line drive that carried to the right-field warning track, but Lee tracked down the potential extra-base hit on the run, then crashed into the chain-link portion of the fence.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
30 May 2026
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The $100,000 labor effort aims to counter more than $400,000 Bailey has received from individual donors and a committee supported by local business, including the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2026
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Philadelphia and the other colonial capitals supported competing publications, exposing citizens to sharply different political arguments.—
Richard Torrenzano,
Fortune,
26 May 2026
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The play was reviewed and upheld based on what the replay official said was a lack of evidence to overturn.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2026
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In October, the Herald interviewed a Venezuelan father from Tampa who was sent to back to Venezuela even though a judge had upheld TPS for Venezuelans the same day he was arrested during a routine check-in at an immigration office.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
29 May 2026
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“Buttressed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buttressed. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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