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How to use the word reinforcement in a Sentence?

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I think what we are now faced with is a new normal in European security. We see Russia being willing to contest fundamental values for our security by the use of force and also by the threat of use of force, we have reinforced and implemented the biggest reinforcement of collective defense since the end of the Cold War, with battlegroups in the Baltic region, in Poland, with increased defense spending every year since 2014 and with a higher readiness of the NATO forces.

Jens Stoltenberg

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I see a perkiness to them because they now see that they have extra reinforcement, and so they give us smiles and thumbs ups.

Kim Pendleton

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Though we usually think about recommending lifestyle changes like losing weight and getting more physical activity before starting medications, this study provides important reinforcement that adding lifestyle changes in conjunction with medications -- and when medications alone are not doing the job -- is an effective strategy.

Bethany Barone Gibbs

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I really onlyuse positive reinforcement and I've seen students go from the most disruptive child in the room to my best little buddy that I can always count on to help me with anything.

Caylee Carullo

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It’s expensive to fix, and you can’t simply repair damage that is this extensive – you need to replace the damaged reinforcement and concrete.

Dawn Lehman

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We knew Peggy wanted to be working so we started the long process of teaching her how to herd and work with a shepherd without relying on voice commands, we used repetitive and positive reinforcement and instead of pairing a verbal command with an action, we'd use a physical hand gesture… For example, thumbs up means 'good girl.'.

Chloe Shorten

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

There was a reinforcement of weak manufacturing activity and then you had the geopolitical spark.

Michael Antonelli

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Added to this rebellious component of the behavior is the anonymity provided by social media and the disinhibition it enables, once posted, these displays will generate a certain amount of social reinforcement( i.e. likes and thumbs ups), and so the behavior spreads.

Susan Whitbourne

Found on CNN
4 years ago

That's the science of behaviorism, which says that you can teach anything by a carefully designed program of step-by-step reinforcement, whenever they become conditioned, the algorithm will discover that and we start removing notifications from their program.

Samer El Gharib

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I have her math reinforcement classes because she wanted to be No. 1 in everything she did. [Her death] has been an impressive blow. She was a very dear girl, very hardworking. We paid her a tribute when she won the European championship.

Pablo Diestro

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

It is too early to say what caused the tragic collapse, but as this reinforced and prestressed concrete bridge has been there for 50 years it is possible that corrosion of tendons or reinforcement may be a contributory factor.

Ian Firth

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I loved working, i loved being a kid who had a talent. I loved being good at something. I loved all that positive reinforcement I got every day. I loved getting to use my imagination in a way that really created things. It was incredible to be able to do that so young.

Christina Ricci

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

I have made very clear : I am running to be a conservative reinforcement in the Republican House and to partner with President President Donald Trump and like-minded colleagues.

Jim Hagedorn

Found on CNN
5 years ago

It’s a virtuous cycle, you feel so much better so quickly that it becomes positive reinforcement.

Dean Ornish

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

When we are physically challenged, we are being emotionally cracked open at the same time, at those times, love, encouragement, reinforcement, and inspiration can be poured in.

Angela Manuel-Davis

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

We have received reinforcement and are ready to defend our country until the last drop of blood in our bodies.

Ayub Hussainkhil

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

When Thomas took the bench, Justice Scalia felt like he was the first line of reinforcement after years of fighting alone in the trenches to defend the original understanding of the Constitution, neither Justice Samuel Alito, nor Chief Justice John Roberts have the same level of commitment to the theory.

Carrie Severino

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We call them up for reinforcement when there is an attack, but they won't respond. So our forces are like: 'If they don't cooperate, why should we help them?'.

Sarwar Jan

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Afghan security forces got control of Kunduz city from Taliban overnight after heavy fighting, after we got reinforcement and started a massive operation inside Kunduz city Taliban could not resist and escaped. ... We will give a full report soon.

Hamdullah Danishi

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It acts as a form of positive or negative reinforcement, if you see you gained weight, you'll reflect on what you may need to change, and if you lost weight, it reinforces that whatever you're doing is working.

David Levitsky

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Arising from the attack, a contingent of officers responded for reinforcement and on arrival at the scene, engaged the attackers in a heavy fire-fight.

Inspector General Joseph Boinnet

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I really knew nothing going in, I was lucky to find my program. The training that I do is really science based. It's all about using positive reinforcement effectively and it really jibes with who I am as a person, as soon as I stared this training I thought, clearly this is what I should be doing with my life. Everything clicked into place.

Anna Jane Grossman

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We later came with reinforcement and recaptured the station, and we killed several of the militants.

Ismail Aden

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Snowden has created an environment where some technology companies are less comfortable working with law reinforcement and intelligence agencies and the bad guys are better informed, we all love the benefit of the internet and all the rest of it, but we need their support in making sure that they're doing everything possible to stop their technology being exploited by terrorists. I'm saying that needs to be front and center of their thinking and for some it is and some it isn't.

Mark Rowley

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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