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also reenforces
as in confirms
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 reinforces
If the death of Cinna is a microcosm of the play, the other moment that reinforces the importance of due process in Julius Caesar is even more compressed, lasting a mere eight lines at the start of the fourth act.
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JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2025
The decision reinforces due process protections for immigrants and citizens alike, curbing warrantless arrests and asserting that even federal agents must answer to the same legal standards they are sworn to uphold.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Design a system that reinforces continuous progress.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Its performance during the Mandalay earthquake reinforces the material’s role as both an affordable and resilient solution for communities in crisis.
—New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2025
Silence about abuse reinforces shame and isolation.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
The hardening public mood in both capitals reinforces hawkish instincts.
—Lizzi C. Lee, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
Their instant chemistry reinforces that direction.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
Enter Tuesday's earnings release, which is much cleaner than the July report and reinforces our confidence in longtime CEO Larry Fink's vision for the firm.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2025
The decision reinforces due process protections for immigrants and citizens alike, curbing warrantless arrests and asserting that even federal agents must answer to the same legal standards they are sworn to uphold.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Design a system that reinforces continuous progress.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Its performance during the Mandalay earthquake reinforces the material’s role as both an affordable and resilient solution for communities in crisis.
—New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2025
Silence about abuse reinforces shame and isolation.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
The hardening public mood in both capitals reinforces hawkish instincts.
—Lizzi C. Lee, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
Their instant chemistry reinforces that direction.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
Enter Tuesday's earnings release, which is much cleaner than the July report and reinforces our confidence in longtime CEO Larry Fink's vision for the firm.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reinforces
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The teaser also confirms the return of cast members Taylor Frankie Paul, Jessi Ngatikaura, Demi Engemann, Whitney Leavitt, Jennifer Affleck, Layla Taylor and Miranda McWhorter.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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The find confirms that tool-using humans could have witnessed the eruption from a safe distance; survivors recorded the event in the story told by the Gunditjmara people who have lived continuously in the region of Australia’s youngest volcanoes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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Landau understands and supports not just Bruce’s vision but Bruce himself, which is how Nebraska, so bleak and bewitching, eventually emerges into the world.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
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One where technology quietly supports independence, rather than defines it.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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The purchase by the Santa Clara County Housing Authority bolsters the agency’s mission to preserve affordable homes in the South Bay.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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The move bolsters its commitment to the region’s audiovisual industry where Cimarrón has already been active in Uruguay, Mexico and Argentina.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Federal workers must obtain two additional forms — an SF-8, which verifies federal employment and the SF-50, which verifies a worker is on furlough or has lost their job.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
18 Oct. 2025
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The line also carries the Seal of Cotton trademark, Cotton Incorporated’s label that verifies the natural fiber content of products.—
Jennifer Bringle,
Sourcing Journal,
17 Oct. 2025
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The new study corroborates the previous discovery of organic materials in Enceladus’s older ice grains.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Oct. 2025
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But the affirmation is merely asserted; nothing in the book corroborates it.—
Garth Greenwell,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Reinforces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reinforces. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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