buffer
noun
an apparatus at the end of a railroad car, railroad track, etc., for absorbing shock during coupling, collisions, etc.
have buffered
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present perfectof buffer.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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These services have buffered and absorbed the risks and dislocations caused by capitalist innovation.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2019
If that FaceTime call between my dad and me had been our last goodbye, the screen that stood between us might have buffered the gut punch of losing him.
From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2014
Traditionally, colleges have buffered the sticker shock of tuition with assistance programs that were heavily subsidized by Washington.
From Time Magazine Archive
Such policies have buffered the economy from the sharp declines in output and high inflation experienced by many other former Soviet republics.
From The 1994 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Such policies have buffered the economy from the sharp declines in output and high inflation experienced by many other former Soviet republics.
From The 1995 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
