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fortifying

verb

present participle of fortify

as in bracing

to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally Kelly fortified herself for the basketball tournament with a series of confidence-boosting exercises

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as in strengthening

to increase the ability of (as a muscle) to exert physical force he downed another granola bar to fortify himself for the rest of the bike ride

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as in hardening

to make able to withstand physical hardship, strain, or exposure bought lots of warm clothing to fortify ourselves against the cold

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Recent Examples of fortifying City officials have been frantically preparing for Rachel, building sand berms and fortifying vulnerable areas with sandbags. — Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026 CISOs invested billions of dollars fortifying corporate inboxes with secure email gateways (SEGs), enforcing strict DMARC policies and conducting continuous phishing simulations for employees. — Firas Azmeh, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026 On Monday, Kiffin said LSU would consider fortifying his team’s defensive tackle depth with another player. — Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026 Residents were busy fortifying their properties ahead of the peak of the weather event, as city officials positioned crews early to begin working on lining the shore with berms. — Lesley Marin, CBS News, 30 July 2026 In response, Anthropic took the model off the market on June 12, and then re-released it on June 30 after fortifying its security. — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 24 July 2026 New Orleans residents prepared for Bertha's arrival by fortifying their properties with sandbags, and many boat owners in the region moved their vessels out of docks located along the coast to safer locations. — Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 22 July 2026

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Investors are bracing for the Federal Reserve to again hike interest rates after the Labor Department said Wednesday that consumer prices rose more in September than economists had expected.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2026
And for months, Hollywood has been bracing itself for the inevitable thousands of layoffs that will come out of the Skydance merger.

— Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026

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