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
That’s likely to change in Season 3, now that both factions have added key reinforcements.
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Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
The starting pitcher injuries are getting to a point where the Cubs might be white-knuckling survival until the trade deadline at the beginning of August to acquire external reinforcements.
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Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2026
Their middle infield might have to fix itself — Bryson Stott, at least, has been better lately — but their outfield is begging for reinforcements, and third base has been shaky for a while now.
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Chad Jennings,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
Good news is, some reinforcements are en route.
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Tyler Estep,
AJC.com,
12 June 2026
At this point any contribution this season would be welcomed, though reinforcements may be needed.
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Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 June 2026
American forces held out until reinforcements drove the Germans back in late January 1945, helping clear a path to Berlin.
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Kevin Maurer,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2026
And in the meantime, defensive reinforcements could also be made in the way of Cucurella.
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Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
Dreyer didn’t reject the need for reinforcements.
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Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2026
Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
The starting pitcher injuries are getting to a point where the Cubs might be white-knuckling survival until the trade deadline at the beginning of August to acquire external reinforcements.
—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2026
Their middle infield might have to fix itself — Bryson Stott, at least, has been better lately — but their outfield is begging for reinforcements, and third base has been shaky for a while now.
—
Chad Jennings,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
Good news is, some reinforcements are en route.
—
Tyler Estep,
AJC.com,
12 June 2026
At this point any contribution this season would be welcomed, though reinforcements may be needed.
—
Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 June 2026
American forces held out until reinforcements drove the Germans back in late January 1945, helping clear a path to Berlin.
—
Kevin Maurer,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2026
And in the meantime, defensive reinforcements could also be made in the way of Cucurella.
—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
Dreyer didn’t reject the need for reinforcements.
—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reinforcements
Noun
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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.
Noun
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The soldiers, according to witnesses, instead triaged themselves with makeshift bandages, braces and tourniquets.
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The new ones appear reassuringly sturdy, even without the thicket of cross-braces that typically fence off the sidewalk from the street.
Noun
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On the other were calls to shift resources away from policing and toward social supports and services.
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Build office- and home-based supports that make systems flexible enough to let their strengths show.
Noun
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Cerebras is, however, facing pressure to open more data centers, as are cloud infrastructure providers, while public opposition mounts and permitting processes can drag on.
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Pictured above, the hardworking AFP shooter Henry Nicholls produces yet another fine portrait in his shot of a young handicapper luxuriating in the Zenlike smoke-wreathed focus required to select just the perfect and perfectly-priced mounts to back in the next race.
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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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But aside from gifting Zane with spurs, Beth’s more or less a spectator through all of the Jackson family drama.
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Yeezy works into the evening, hacking at jagged spurs of plastic and tapping away with a special brass gunsmith’s hammer.
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Given all the other economic and geopolitical uncertainty in the world, this is perhaps not the best time to assume rapid and significant change in the underpinnings of how the central bank has worked has no risk.
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Moving on to the underpinnings.
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Are the foundations laid in 1776 and 1789 still strong enough and sound enough to resist the tremors of our times?
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But there are many plants that are fast-growing yet sized right for foundations.
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“Reinforcements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reinforcements. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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