as in to soften
to lessen the shock of
a substantial nest egg helped to cushion the sudden loss of her job
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Recent Examples of cushion
Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
With that financial cushion, lawmakers are looking this year for tax relief.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 5 Jan. 2025
Isis Almeida, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Dec. 2024
The company’s big gain helped cushion the market’s broader fall.
—Damian J. Troise and Alex Veiga, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Barr, a Democrat, has led the Fed’s efforts to require banks to hold more capital as a cushion against possible financial crises – a mandate that would channel money from investment and lending and could affect bank profits.
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
With that financial cushion, lawmakers are looking this year for tax relief.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 5 Jan. 2025
Verb
After all, the former president threw $28 billion in aid at growers to cushion the blow of his trade war.
—Isis Almeida, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Dec. 2024
The company’s big gain helped cushion the market’s broader fall.
—Damian J. Troise and Alex Veiga, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cushion
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One by one, measures are rejected — even the simplest, requiring a five-foot buffer around every house where nothing is flammable.Jocelyn Noveck, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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The odds are that the response will sit in an internal digital memory buffer for a while and not be immediately erased or discarded.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Can a crispy chicken sandwich or a whisky cocktail soften the blow of existential despair?Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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The surge in immigrants arriving in Colorado last year softened the enrollment decline in the state’s public schools, which for years have been losing students — and funding — as birth rates fall across the nation.Jessica Seaman, The Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2025
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The mop has an adjustable stainless-steel handle that extends to 50 inches and machine-washable microfiber pads.Nora Colomer, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2025
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But the near-term goal for Astra is to develop a mobile launch capability by which the rocket can be delivered to a concrete launch pad in two cargo containers and the ground support equipment and consumables in five additional containers by barge, train, or truck.Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 7 Jan. 2025
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To the south of the extensive snow shield, a strip of damaging ice will build up on trees and power lines, potentially knocking out electricity to millions of people from central Kansas to West Virginia Sunday into Monday.Andrew Freedman, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025
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In the Manhattan fire, Gaffney used a removed door as a shield to move through a raging fire to find a pregnant woman and a child, who were both unconscious.Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
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The front bumper and headlights have been redesigned giving it a sleeker, more modern look.New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 Jan. 2025
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The Volvo emblem is seen on the front bumper of a vehicle at the Volvo Cars of Austin dealership on September 04, 2024 in Austin, Texas.Sam Meredith, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Cushion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cushion. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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