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also reenforcing
as in bolstering
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 reinforcing
Now owned by Walgreens Boots Alliance, the business has increasingly leaned into beauty-box culture as a way of competing with younger, digitally native beauty retailers while reinforcing authority in skincare and wellness.
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Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
For NeuroMD Medical Technologies, this means continuing to invest in research, refining its product offering, and reinforcing its position within a competitive landscape.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 28 May 2026
Mercury stations retrograde on June 29, reinforcing the message to pause and turn inward rather than push outward.
—Kirah Tabourn, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 May 2026
In addiction treatment, encouraging emotional attachment to an algorithm risks reinforcing the very patterns of avoidance and substitution that sustain addiction.
—Steve D. Klein, STAT, 14 May 2026
Measures seen as defensive in Tokyo or Manila are invariably interpreted in Beijing as offensive—reinforcing, rather than easing, cycles of suspicion.
—Yu Jie, Time, 13 May 2026
Abstaining from highly reinforcing digital or other vices can break habits and reduce impulsive behavior such as phone checking.
—Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
The issue also highlights destination partnerships, with shoots staged at luxury properties and remote locations, reinforcing the franchise’s positioning within travel and lifestyle storytelling as much as fashion imagery.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 12 May 2026
Wang estimated the change could direct $30 billion to $40 billion into the chipmaker alone, potentially reinforcing the very concentration risks policymakers are trying to manage.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 12 May 2026
Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
For NeuroMD Medical Technologies, this means continuing to invest in research, refining its product offering, and reinforcing its position within a competitive landscape.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 28 May 2026
Mercury stations retrograde on June 29, reinforcing the message to pause and turn inward rather than push outward.
—Kirah Tabourn, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 May 2026
In addiction treatment, encouraging emotional attachment to an algorithm risks reinforcing the very patterns of avoidance and substitution that sustain addiction.
—Steve D. Klein, STAT, 14 May 2026
Measures seen as defensive in Tokyo or Manila are invariably interpreted in Beijing as offensive—reinforcing, rather than easing, cycles of suspicion.
—Yu Jie, Time, 13 May 2026
Abstaining from highly reinforcing digital or other vices can break habits and reduce impulsive behavior such as phone checking.
—Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
The issue also highlights destination partnerships, with shoots staged at luxury properties and remote locations, reinforcing the franchise’s positioning within travel and lifestyle storytelling as much as fashion imagery.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 12 May 2026
Wang estimated the change could direct $30 billion to $40 billion into the chipmaker alone, potentially reinforcing the very concentration risks policymakers are trying to manage.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 12 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reinforcing
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The answer to bolstering power grids is not just to build more high-voltage transmission lines.—
Fangxing Fran Li,
The Conversation,
27 May 2026
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Some hope that incoming dollars associated with fees paid by Nebius, the company behind a $150 billion hyperscale data center under construction, will support the city’s growth by bolstering the two-district school system active in Independence.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
27 May 2026
Verb
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While that is still a possibility, Breslow hasn’t interviewed any candidates and is right now focused on supporting Tracy.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
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The resulting benefits supporting pregnancy care, fertility care, surrogacy, adoption, egg freezing and the like have gained in popularity and made significant impacts.—
Rachel Braun Scherl,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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In that context, Lipa’s Schiaparelli ensemble offers a compelling blueprint for modern bridal dressing, proving that a wedding look does not need to follow convention to feel impactful.—
Lauren Fisher,
Footwear News,
1 June 2026
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His victim, in her unassailable purity, resists him, thereby proving that the arrivistes populating the ranks of England’s most upwardly mobile class had a moral edge over the nobility.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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“Reinforcing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reinforcing. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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