as in support
a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else
the consulting architect suggested using additional steel reinforcements to counteract the bridge's design flaw
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Recent Examples of reinforcement
The $218 million facility will stand on land once occupied by J&L Steel's tin mill with an electric arc furnace, a steelmaking technology with lower carbon intensity than traditional methods — to produce reinforcement steel for a variety of industries.
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Chrissy Suttles, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025
And further reinforcement of the realities of the ravages of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) — a degenerative brain disease caused by repetitive head trauma known to cause aggression, mood swings, depression and paranoia.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 14 Jan. 2025
Fire crews have since managed to start controlling the fires, helped by out-of-state reinforcements, the water in hydrants being replenished, and wind speeds dropping.
—Dennis Mersereau, WIRED, 11 Jan. 2025
By incorporating reinforcement learning, these models continuously adapt to changes in user roles and behaviors, refining their detection capabilities.
—Vishwanadham Mandala, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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Chrissy Suttles, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025
And further reinforcement of the realities of the ravages of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) — a degenerative brain disease caused by repetitive head trauma known to cause aggression, mood swings, depression and paranoia.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 14 Jan. 2025
Fire crews have since managed to start controlling the fires, helped by out-of-state reinforcements, the water in hydrants being replenished, and wind speeds dropping.
—Dennis Mersereau, WIRED, 11 Jan. 2025
By incorporating reinforcement learning, these models continuously adapt to changes in user roles and behaviors, refining their detection capabilities.
—Vishwanadham Mandala, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reinforcement
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Supervised injection sites not only save lives by preventing factual overdoses but also serve as gateways to critical support services, including addiction treatment and mental health care.—
Pradeep Thomas,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Jan. 2025
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So far, the speaker has resisted fixing the problem despite clear support from her members and across City Hall in the mayor’s office.—
Bradley Tusk,
New York Daily News,
26 Jan. 2025
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California Trump surveys damage as region braces for weekend rain 51 minutes ago Trump surveyed the devastation Friday and spoke to some residents who had lost their homes.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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Rescue workers sheared his clothes off him with scissors, put a brace around his neck and laid him on a board.—
Katherine Rosman,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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The overall stability hides movement both up and down across individual pillars and metrics, as the tectonics of world order shifts.—
World Economic Forum,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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Taken together, the laws are designed to reshape key pillars of the US economy over the next decade.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN,
19 Jan. 2025
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Their external mounting and specially designed shape, meanwhile, help to increase the steepness of the walls and maximize interior space.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Jan. 2025
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The television show, which ran on NBC from 2012-2013, starred Debra Messing, Jack Davenport, Megan Hilty, Katharine McPhee and Christian Borle and followed them in their mounting of musicals for Broadway, including Bombshell, a fictional musical about the life of Marilyn Monroe.—
Caitlin Huston,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Oct. 2024
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“Reinforcement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reinforcement. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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