Human-verified examples from authoritative sources
Exact Expressions
59 human-written examples
Both men, says Mr Yaar, have fixed themselves in the public perception: it will be hard for them to win back moderates who backed Mr Sharon.So Kadima could coast through the election to lead a coalition with Labour unless an explosion of Palestinian violence fortifies the right.
The most notable recent example is GSK's agreement with Novartis to swap assets so that GSK strengthens its lead in vaccines and Novartis fortifies its position in cancer drugs.
AMGEN, the world's biggest biotechnology company, made its fortune from a drug that fortifies the blood of patients who are undergoing dialysis.
Deploy the drugs before they completely penetrate the cell, and the cancer cell fortifies its outer membrane to stave off the attack.
By combining programmes with pipes, an operator secures both a "billing relationship" with the watchers of all its stuff, and power over what stuff gets watched.Owning a distribution channel, whether satellite or cable, guarantees an outlet for your content, making it easier to launch new networks, and fortifies your bargaining power over carriage rights.
You've perhaps read stories about airline pilots having a drink prior to take-off, but Whip, he's properly loaded, and once onboard he fortifies himself with a couple more vodkas.
For all that, however, the movie needs to be seen, not because it brings Winehouse back to life but because it fortifies the impression — cheerful, rather than creepy — that she has never gone away.
Credit View full screen The book, written and edited by Malu Halasa and Rana Salam, fortifies its collection of essays and interviews with photos, some of lingerie sans model, and some with ladies sporting the wares.
The entries sometimes ride the Beat cadences that Carroll was then absorbing ("he'll probably be buried over at the Potter's Field, with all the other soulful bums of the Metropolitan night"), but he fortifies them with echoes of the Irish bar his father tended: there's the "real loulou" he meets in a park, and even the way he puts "the" before "Potter's Field".
Alone with his instrument, Hersch freely partakes of the lyrical wellspring that fortifies his improvising.
In a system where all but a small percentage of cases settle before trial, he wrote in the Georgetown Law Journal, litigation funding fortifies the weaker party "to counter the stronger party's bargaining advantage" in settlement talks.
Show more... Source & Trust
92%
Authority and reliability
Real-world application tested
The primary grammatical function of "fortifies" is as a third-person singular present tense verb . It describes an action performed by a singular subject, indicating that the subject strengthens or reinforces something. Ludwig AI confirms its correct usage in various contexts.
Expression frequency: Very common
