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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“Some of the buffers that helped contain crude oil prices are ebbing,” McNally told MarketWatch by email Monday from Riyadh, where he was attending the 17th International Energy Forum.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
He said he would seek to leverage tax dollars to help communities better prepare for wildfires, creating buffers and hardening structures because of wildfires that will inevitably occur in certain communities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Some hard-hit countries want to expand their own buffers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
It comes after years of stagnation in the eurozone’s largest economy, whose export-orientated industrial sector hit the buffers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
A clanking of buffers and the shrill whistles of locomotives came out of the darkness.
From The Blue Germ by Maurice Nicoll
