Sentence examples for able to cushion from inspiring English sources

Bigger brokers are faring better because they have been able to cushion losses in equities divisions.

We should have been able to cushion ourselves from these shocks".

Equity Office has been able to cushion the blow through acquisitions and by rolling over leases that were made before the spike in rents in 1999 and 2000.

But unlike the rest of them, Mr. Hovnanian was able to cushion the blow with a gain of $4.6 million from exercising options on the company's stock.

It's true that a 'quite rich' 85th percentile household was typically able to cushion the blow much better, because more of their spending was discretionary.

With more cash the fund will be able to cushion the collapse in global demand, by allowing countries from which private capital flees to cut spending by less than they otherwise would.

Its larger rivals Ford Motor and General Motors have been able to use overseas earnings to cushion the blow from the downturn in American sales this year.

They will not be able to use capital raised after March 31st to cushion fresh losses.

This means that the world will no longer be able to rely on such policy-induced stocks to cushion the price effects of a production shortfall.

Grabbing the plastic bags full of refuse and recyclable plastic, the crowd was able to form a mound directly below the window to cushion Mr. Castillo's fall.

It did try to cushion the blow.