as in shores
a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else
the consulting architect suggested using additional steel reinforcements to counteract the bridge's design flaw
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Recent Examples of reinforcements
The peregrine falcon faced near-extinction in the UK in the 1950s before it was rescued by the banning of the pesticide DDT and stronger legal reinforcements.
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Will Barker, TheWeek, 8 Jan. 2026
The Bucs hope that switching up the coaching staff, adding more reinforcements through free agency and most importantly, keeping the main leader in place, could bode well for 2026.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 7 Jan. 2026
National Guardsmen and other reinforcements finally began to arrive.
—Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
The franchise’s next step is to incorporate difference-making reinforcements.
—Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
With the retirements of icons Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba to retirement, Inter Miami’s front office has been busy reloading and pursuing reinforcements.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2026
Additional reinforcements With tight end Nate Adkins’ knee banged up again, the Broncos signed 41-year-old veteran Marcedes Lewis back to their active roster on Christmas Day.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 25 Dec. 2025
Then, losses suffered at another of World War II’s bloodiest campaigns, the Normandy invasion that commenced with D-Day on June 6, 1944, led to a need for reinforcements like Buford.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 25 Dec. 2025
Ukrainian Military source / via Reuters Kononchuk hopes that these reinforcements will stabilize the situation.
—Elmira Aliieva, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2025
Will Barker, TheWeek, 8 Jan. 2026
The Bucs hope that switching up the coaching staff, adding more reinforcements through free agency and most importantly, keeping the main leader in place, could bode well for 2026.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 7 Jan. 2026
National Guardsmen and other reinforcements finally began to arrive.
—Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
The franchise’s next step is to incorporate difference-making reinforcements.
—Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
With the retirements of icons Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba to retirement, Inter Miami’s front office has been busy reloading and pursuing reinforcements.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2026
Additional reinforcements With tight end Nate Adkins’ knee banged up again, the Broncos signed 41-year-old veteran Marcedes Lewis back to their active roster on Christmas Day.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 25 Dec. 2025
Then, losses suffered at another of World War II’s bloodiest campaigns, the Normandy invasion that commenced with D-Day on June 6, 1944, led to a need for reinforcements like Buford.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 25 Dec. 2025
Ukrainian Military source / via Reuters Kononchuk hopes that these reinforcements will stabilize the situation.
—Elmira Aliieva, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reinforcements
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The process is called cabotage and the merchants who plied the shores of the Mediterranean not only drove trade, but also increased interactions between cultures.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
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The highly accurate Tomahawks can be fired from US Navy submarines and surface ships well off Iranian shores, minimizing the risk of US casualties.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
14 Jan. 2026
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Pam takes a seat in a blue-and-chrome chair and looks at Bella as a tiny girl on the beach and Bella in her choir robe and Bella smiling with braces on her teeth.—
Allegra Goodman,
New Yorker,
4 Jan. 2026
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The sort of uncool even someone very uncool like me would have known enough to conceal—me who wore khakis and played oboe and had braces and yes for a phase had basically no friends.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Dec. 2025
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In countries with universal health care and stronger social supports, families may have fewer barriers to follow-up care.—
Uché Blackstock,
Time,
8 Jan. 2026
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Among the 13 categories deemed high risk for fraud are adult companion, day and rehabilitative mental health services, individualized home supports, residential treatment services and more.—
Riley Moser,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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In response, the mullahs shut down the internet, but still the protests continue and grow, and the killing of protesters mounts.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
12 Jan. 2026
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These silicone SaharaCase mounts can stick your AirTag to any surface, ensuring it won’t get left behind.—
Liz Provencher,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Jan. 2026
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Contemporary accounts speak to the cruelty and exploitation that were pillars of economies of the time.—
Valerie L. Myers,
The Conversation,
8 Jan. 2026
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The geologic monocline extends almost 100 miles and is surrounded by white sandstone domes, towering monoliths, and otherworldly pillars and arches.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Jan. 2026
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Prairie View Ranch in Morgan County CBS She recently sponsored a bill to help local governments fund the Arkansas Valley Conduit water pipeline, a 130-mile pipeline with spurs that would serve 39 communities and 50,000 people east of Pueblo.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
10 Jan. 2026
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Some say his spurs are still jingling down the hallway, chasing after her.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Oct. 2025
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George Borjas has provided the intellectual underpinnings of the White House’s sweeping immigration policy changes, including restrictions on H-1B visas.—
Lauren Kaori Gurley,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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Credit for its scientific underpinnings however, goes to Albert Einstein.—
Katia Riddle,
NPR,
31 Dec. 2025
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Some clerics control enormous charitable foundations worth billions of dollars through donations from followers and budgets from the state, while others operate modest local mosques with minimal resources.—
Narges Bajoghli,
Time,
13 Jan. 2026
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Still, her median grant size, around $5 million, according to Yield Giving data analyzed by Fortune, dwarfs that of the roughly $123,000 median grant from typical foundations, Phil Buchanan, president of the Center for Effective Philanthropy, told The New York Times.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Reinforcements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reinforcements. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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