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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
Statistics showing their increases in call volume have been reinforcing these pleas.
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Caitlin Clarkson Pereira, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2025
Our efforts at diversity, equity and inclusion remind and reinforce with everyone at our Company the importance of creating opportunities for all.
—Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 23 Jan. 2025
Acknowledging your achievements reinforces the positive aspects of embracing discomfort.
—Ryan McGrath, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
What is The Safeguard and is this omniscient AI called The Algorithm reinforcing the rules of the silos?
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 13 Jan. 2025
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Caitlin Clarkson Pereira, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2025
Our efforts at diversity, equity and inclusion remind and reinforce with everyone at our Company the importance of creating opportunities for all.
—Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 23 Jan. 2025
Acknowledging your achievements reinforces the positive aspects of embracing discomfort.
—Ryan McGrath, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
What is The Safeguard and is this omniscient AI called The Algorithm reinforcing the rules of the silos?
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reinforce
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Many encouraged Garcia to confirm the pregnancy with a doctor.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
19 Jan. 2025
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You may be asked to confirm your decision by clicking Yes.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
19 Jan. 2025
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In the 2020 election, however, the city put the question to a vote, and more than 60% of voters in Batavia supported allowing recreational weed to be sold.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Jan. 2025
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The video showed Nuñez in 2014 urging lawmakers to support the bill, which extended in-state tuition prices to undocumented students who attended high school in Florida.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
25 Jan. 2025
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The set’s sales were bolstered by its availability across six vinyl variants, a CD, digital download album and cassette tape.—
Keith Caulfield,
Billboard,
26 Jan. 2025
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In this new trade scenario, the Rockets add a former first-round pick to their rotation to bolster their chances out in the Western Conference.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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On Blind, an anonymous messaging app that requires users to verify their employment before viewing company-specific posts, users mocked the video.—
Zoë Schiffer,
WIRED,
19 Jan. 2025
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Douglas County investigators verified the DNA results linking Jefferson to the scene through an outside lab, but they were now faced with Woods’ actions tainting their lynchpin piece of evidence, Brauchler said.—
Katie Langford,
The Denver Post,
18 Jan. 2025
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Bonds, who was Combs’ bodyguard between 2003 and 2012, also corroborated seeing multiple men in hotels with Combs and Ventura.—
Thania Garcia,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2025
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But Canadian model and actress Kat Pasion, whose credits include Altered Carbon, The Flash and Nancy Drew, appears in the ID series to help corroborate the vicious abuse and assaults that Ventura allegedly endured and chronicled in her landmark civil suit.—
Etan Vlessing,
The Hollywood Reporter,
23 Jan. 2025
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This buttresses the claim of how vital PVOD is, even if its often early streaming release (in this case after six weekends, later than usual for Universal) seems to intrude on theatrical play.—
Tom Brueggemann,
IndieWire,
13 Jan. 2025
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But Barkley buttressed the team with his own brand of authority.—
Brooks Kubena,
The Athletic,
9 Jan. 2025
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Corporations and unions may establish a political action committee (PAC) for express advocacy or electioneering communications purposes.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Jan. 2025
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As of July 1, 2024, California Senate Bill 553 requires employers to establish, implement, and maintain a workplace violence prevention plan, said Kate O’Hara, an advocate for low-wage workers, but not all have done so.—
Cathie Anderson,
Sacramento Bee,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Reinforce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reinforce. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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