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as in mediator
one who works with opposing sides in order to bring about an agreement
it took a friend serving as a buffer between the feuding siblings to get them to speak to one another again
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as in to soften
to lessen the shock of
during my walk an umbrella and thick coat buffered the freezing rain
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Recent Examples of buffer
Peter McGraw, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2025
Many of those homes had been built on wetlands that once served as a buffer against rising seawater.
—James Barron, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Eswar Prasad, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2025
The next best option is wrapping them with insulation material or old blankets to buffer temperature fluctuations and protect them from the cold.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Married couples split major expenses like housing, transportation and travel, and rely on dual incomes as a buffer against job loss or disability.
—Peter McGraw, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2025
Many of those homes had been built on wetlands that once served as a buffer against rising seawater.
—James Barron, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
Nevertheless, faced with restricted access to U.S. markets and weaker U.S. consumer demand, the rest of the world will look to export market diversification, trade arrangements that exclude the United States, and other approaches to buffer themselves against a looming global trade war.
—Eswar Prasad, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2025
The next best option is wrapping them with insulation material or old blankets to buffer temperature fluctuations and protect them from the cold.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for buffer
Noun
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The student played a leading role in last year’s campus protests about the rising death toll in Gaza in Israel’s war against Hamas and the university’s investment ties to Israel, acting as a mediator between Columbia administrators and student protesters.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
24 Apr. 2025
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Hermosillo works out of the agency’s Los Angeles office in Glendale, staffed by five mediators and a supervisor.—
Los Angeles Times,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The launch pad endured a lightning strike on April 27, but SpaceX said the rocket was healthy for the attempt.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 Apr. 2025
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Vrabel put on pads to rush Campbell in the workout.—
Andrew Callahan,
Hartford Courant,
25 Apr. 2025
Verb
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In a December call, the Pope lobbied Biden to soften death-row sentences for convicts.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
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Grapes are chilled after picking for 24 hours to soften grape skins before whole cluster fermentation.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Golden Dome would be very different than Israel's Iron Dome Trump's speech to Congress and his executive order have both referenced Israel's Iron Dome missile shield.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
22 Apr. 2025
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Even her accessories were theatrical—like her spiked Balenciaga dad cap, and futuristic shield shades.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
21 Apr. 2025
Verb
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To their credit, the Knicks cushioned the blow and fought back, like teams of that ilk are supposed to do.—
James L. Edwards III,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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Diversifying your supplier footprint can help cushion the blow from regional tariffs.—
David Chou,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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And by having a direct relationships instead of dealing with intermediaries, Capital One can create more value for merchants, small businesses, and consumers.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
21 Apr. 2025
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The administration is now engaged in talks with its Iranian counterparts — at times, indirectly via intermediaries and, at others, directly, with Trump envoy Steve Witkoff taking the lead in lengthy discussions with the Islamic Republic’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi.—
The Editors,
National Review,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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O’Neill Clubs are usually hesitant in handing out bumper contracts to attackers on the wrong side of thirty, and with good reason.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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With it, Jeep has taken a four-door Rubicon and chopped off the back half of the cabin to make the bed even bigger and added several pieces of custom hardware, including new front bumper and a roll bar with a four-light array.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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And on the horizon for New York mega broker Ryan Serhant, star of Owning Manhattan?—
Kitty Finstad,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Part of the vetting process is ensuring that the contacts own the factory, weeding out brokers or middlemen.—
Sarah Jones,
Sourcing Journal,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Buffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buffer. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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