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also reenforce
as in to confirm
to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)
letters of recommendation that reinforced the committee's opinion of the candidate
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Recent Examples of reinforce
Students will also get the opportunity to intern at the Fire in the Mountains festival this summer, reinforcing the Heavy Music Symposium’s work.
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Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2025
What should rupture the frame instead reinforces it.
—arkansasonline.com, 10 July 2025
The tournament in the United States has left the positions of some at the club reinforced, and the standing of others in doubt.
—Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 10 July 2025
The summit reinforces this logic: its focus is on infrastructure, energy, agriculture, and regional trade.
—Yohann Ripert, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2025
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Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2025
What should rupture the frame instead reinforces it.
—arkansasonline.com, 10 July 2025
The tournament in the United States has left the positions of some at the club reinforced, and the standing of others in doubt.
—Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 10 July 2025
The summit reinforces this logic: its focus is on infrastructure, energy, agriculture, and regional trade.
—Yohann Ripert, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reinforce
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Jones provided those services to the youth mentoring group for its annual conferences between 2019 and 2024 under a different audiovisual company, American Electronic Entertainment, aka, AEE Productions, 100 Black Men of America confirmed.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
6 July 2025
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His death at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles was confirmed by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons on June 24, but authorities have not disclosed the cause.—
Scott MacFarlane
July 6,
CBS News,
6 July 2025
Verb
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Editor's note: Travel and accommodations for this article were partially supported by Tourism New Brunswick.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
12 July 2025
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The final budget included about $2 million to support programs to reduce recidivism and ease reentry.—
Mario Koran,
jsonline.com,
12 July 2025
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Following the recommendations from the NWS helps bolster your safety during air quality alerts, minimizing your exposure to potentially harmful pollutants.—
Southern California Weather Report,
Oc Register,
12 July 2025
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In Vance’s home state of Ohio, U.S. Secret Service members bolstered a tiny crowd of 8,239, surveying the 26,000-seat venue and surrounding areas for any threat to a man who ranks first in the country’s presidential line of succession.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
12 July 2025
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For all July 4 plans involving alcohol, plan ahead and verify specific store hours or delivery options directly with retailers.—
Kate Nalepinski,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 July 2025
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And states, which administer Medicaid, would have to set up systems to verify a person's employment or exemption status.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
3 July 2025
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Deputies watched security camera footage from the marina, which corroborated the kayakers’ version of events, Linhardt said.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
11 July 2025
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Corporal Noel says the original case detectives interviewed Nancy’s boyfriend, Bobby Goodman, who corroborated parts of the story told by Paul Collins.—
Dateline NBC,
NBC news,
9 July 2025
Verb
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Brightline’s strategy of buttressing long-distance ridership to and from Orlando continues to pay dividends.—
David Lyons,
Sun Sentinel,
11 July 2025
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But public outcry over Medicaid cuts led Republicans to include a provision that will provide $10 billion annually to buttress rural hospitals over the next five years, or $50 billion in total.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
4 July 2025
Verb
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The main character of an upcoming DC Universe movie, Kara is the extraterrestrial cousin to Superman, rightful owner of the wily super-dog Krypto — and, as the Man of Steel and his robot friend Four (voiced by Alan Tudyk) establish, a party animal.—
Jack Smart,
People.com,
11 July 2025
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Since its inception in 2006, Sound and Fury quickly established itself as the event for hardcore and hardcore-adjacent music (from the heavier side of emo bands like Anxious to more extreme, metal-leaning acts) first in Los Angeles and then across the country.—
Josh Chesler,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2025
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“Reinforce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reinforce. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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