buffer
noun
an apparatus at the end of a railroad car, railroad track, etc., for absorbing shock during coupling, collisions, etc.
buffers
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present tense formof buffer (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Malaysian banks’ ratings should remain supported by adequate capital buffers, although material deterioration in risk profiles, asset quality or capitalization could lead to downward ratings pressure, Fitch adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
The use of bots as social buffers points to an “epidemic of self-mistrust,” they say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
If the world’s inventory buffers were depleted, $120 is a price that could trigger enough demand destruction to put global supply and demand back in balance, Merritt Point’s Baird said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
With the coaster slated to open in the coming days or weeks, residents aren’t optimistic for change or the sudden construction of more noise buffers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
When portable cranes are fitted with springs and axle-boxes, drawgear and buffers, so that they can be coupled to an ordinary railway train, they are called “breakdown” or “wrecking” cranes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various
