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buoyed

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verb

past tense of buoy
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for buoyed
Adjective
  • As a result of the 2024 results, Zalando was buoyant about the coming year, offering guidance that predicted growth of between 4 and 9 percent for both revenue and GMV.
    Cathrin Schaer, WWD, 6 Mar. 2025
  • All the actors are on the same page, equally at home with Chekhov’s realism and buoyant theatricality.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • While the San Francisco Giants have been floated as a potential threat to steal Alonso from the Mets, could the Seattle Mariners be another one?
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
  • The country also hopes about 10 percent of the digital nomads who flock to the country will remain there, the Taipei Times reported last year when the idea was first floated.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Like the Chase Center fans were jubilant when Butler notched a game-sealing block last week against the Raptors, the Heat fans went crazy when Kel’el Ware stuffed Butler at the rim.
    Danny Emerman, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025
  • He was immediately swarmed by his jubilant teammates and coaches.
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • An hour later, American said flights were again beginning to board and the FAA lifted the nationwide ground stop.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • And the lamb, which knew what weeping meant, lifted itself from the hay.
    Karen Zautyk, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Temperatures in the city hovered around the upper-30s on Friday, with a major drop in the forecast predicted for the weekend.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Earlier in the week, the digital asset touched a fresh all-time high of $108,000 and hovered around $102,000 on Thursday.
    Brian Evans,Sean Conlon, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • It's supposed to be a joyous occasion, when families feast and purchase new clothes for children -- but most of Gaza's 2 million people are just trying to survive.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Gabriela Jaquez made sure to marinate in this moment, bouncing gleefully toward half-court while her teammates formed a joyous mob.
    Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • As World War II went poorly for the Fascists and Mussolini’s power waned, Italians became increasingly emboldened to make jokes at Mussolini’s expense, including dirty ones about his affair with Clara Petacci.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Yes, since the highly successful IS Khorasan (ISK) attack in Moscow in March 2024, that group has been emboldened and has been projecting strike teams farther out to engage in more attacks.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • When Trump won the GOP nomination, these planners (many of whom were former Trump staffers, appointees or admirers) were delighted.
    Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
  • In October 2023, CNN met Quigley’s two middle-school-age daughters, who seemed delighted to spend time with her.
    Kate Bolduan, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2025
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“Buoyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buoyed. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.

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