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And that has never been so clear as during the pandemic, when it has buffered them from the economic fallout.

From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 2020

Disney has buffered the film's release with strategically timed events such as April's Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim, California, and May's "May The 4th Be With You" Star Wars day.

From Reuters • Oct. 19, 2015

“The massive overdraft of groundwater to make up for lost surface water has buffered farmers, and that can’t continue forever,” says Pacific Institute president Peter Gleick.

From Nature • Sep. 29, 2015

All this has "buffered Brazil quite a bit against the global downturn," says Paulo Leme, emerging-markets director at Goldman Sachs.

From Time Magazine Archive

The people's adoration of Aristide has buffered their bitter disappointment, but they do not hold Preval in the same regard, and he will have to produce concrete proof of democracy's shiny promises.

From Time Magazine Archive