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also reenforce
as in to bolster
to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)
letters of recommendation that reinforced the committee's opinion of the candidate
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Recent Examples of reinforce
That verisimilitude functioned as a solvent, lending credibility and urgency to elements of the show that might otherwise register as pure cheese; the medical realism and sentimental flourishes were mutually reinforcing.
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2026
Those groups have been active in the streets, detaining opponents and reinforcing regime authority through intimidation.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026
So instead of treating these as separate goals, think of them as reinforcing one another.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 6 Jan. 2026
Baltimore’s experience reinforces this pattern.
—Karl W. Bickel, Baltimore Sun, 6 Jan. 2026
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2026
Those groups have been active in the streets, detaining opponents and reinforcing regime authority through intimidation.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026
So instead of treating these as separate goals, think of them as reinforcing one another.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 6 Jan. 2026
Baltimore’s experience reinforces this pattern.
—Karl W. Bickel, Baltimore Sun, 6 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for reinforce
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reinforce
Verb
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The program aims to bolster student nutrition in a year when federal nutrition programs were transitioned to the Arkansas Department of Agriculture, the governor's office said.—
Cristina LaRue,
Arkansas Online,
7 Nov. 2025
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China has undertaken a massive expansion of sites linked to missile production since 2020, bolstering its ability to potentially deter the US military and assert its dominance in the region, a new CNN analysis of satellite images, maps and government notices reveals.—
Tamara Qiblawi,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The middle class, desperate to prove this distinction too, would spend an outsized portion of their income on glimmering dresses and other purchases meant to be seen by others.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Invest in fiction written by humans and so support human creativity, vocations, and organic economies?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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The Football Association of Ireland passed the resolution, proposed by Irish club Bohemians, with more than 50% of its delegates supporting it.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Reinforce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reinforce. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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