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as in anchors
something or someone to which one looks for support
the mother had always been the buttress of our family in trying times
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as in pillars
a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else
after the wall collapsed, the construction company agreed to rebuild it with a buttress
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as in supports
to hold up or serve as a foundation for
a brace buttressed the wall
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as in reinforces
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 buttresses
Megan I. Gannon,
Scientific American,
6 May 2026
Three setbacks provide space for landscaped terraces, and at these floors, the structural columns slope inward, becoming tall buttresses that reintegrate into the latticework.
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Adam Williams
april 21,
New Atlas,
21 Apr. 2026
Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.
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Madison Chapman,
Outside,
25 Mar. 2026
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
That very insight further buttresses the need for a grand strategy.
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James B. Steinberg,
Foreign Affairs,
9 June 2020
Noun
Researchers have been concerned that without their icy buttresses, these walls could collapse.
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Megan I. Gannon,
Scientific American,
6 May 2026
Three setbacks provide space for landscaped terraces, and at these floors, the structural columns slope inward, becoming tall buttresses that reintegrate into the latticework.
—
Adam Williams
april 21,
New Atlas,
21 Apr. 2026
Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.
—
Madison Chapman,
Outside,
25 Mar. 2026
Verb
The document filed by the Justice Department in the Los Angeles Superior Court case led by plaintiffs Todd and Kimberley Ferrier — whose Pacific Palisades home burned down — buttresses arguments made by the victims’ attorneys.
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Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
That very insight further buttresses the need for a grand strategy.
—
James B. Steinberg,
Foreign Affairs,
9 June 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for buttresses
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Live coverage on Fox News Channel kicks off Wednesday, June 24th and concludes on Sunday, July 5th, with correspondents and anchors stationed at the National Mall, Liberty State Park, Philadelphia, Mount Rushmore and Teddy Roosevelt’s Presidential Library, among others venues.
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Drinking a glass shortly after waking up and another before bed creates simple hydration anchors that can make healthy habits easier to maintain.
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Brick pillars are embedded with bronze plaques listing the players and manager from each of the franchise’s three World Series championship teams.
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Personalized treatments are built around three pillars—energetic renewal, conscious longevity, and stress management—and integrated with the landscape and architecture of the property and the regional cuisine.
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In turn, sleep quality, which physical conditioning directly supports, governs how effectively a leader's prefrontal cortex manages complex trade-offs and scenarios under pressure.
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The decision supports renewal of the project’s Source Materials License for another 20 years, leaving a safety evaluation as the final major review before the license can move forward.
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If the job of a debut album is to introduce an artist to the world, while a sophomore album reinforces their reputation, then a third album offers a channel for artists to expand beyond the familiar tricks and peculiarities that shot them to fame in the first place.
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The study, which primarily reinforces existing knowledge about COVID vaccines, sought to determine how COVID vaccinations impact hospitalizations, emergency room trips and urgent care visits.
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Data centers also need to be close enough to users and network backbones to provide fast digital services.
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Even when degraded, enzymes have stable backbones that might be capable of catalyzing reactions, said Sudha Rajamani, an astrobiologist at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune who wasn’t involved in the study.
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More than 500 miles of coastline line the city’s shores, and when the temperatures creep up, many city dwellers head to the public beaches that line the coast.
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But there is a reason millions want to live here, and many risk their lives to try to reach our shores.
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The push out of their respective comfort zones is sweaty, arduous, and, the series suggests, exactly the kind of exertion that sustains a relationship.
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Pascale’s cello generally swoops and sustains while Katzmann’s saxophone jitters in search.
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The appearance from Vance only bolsters that case.
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The downturn bolsters the longstanding theory that the Bitcoin market follows the dictates of US election cycles.
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“Buttresses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buttresses. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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