: filled or resounding with or as if with a buzzing sound
a lake abuzz with outboards
especially
: filled with talk or excitement
an office abuzz with rumors
a town abuzz with anticipation of the big game
Examples of abuzz in a Sentence
the classroom was abuzz with preparations for that evening's open house for the parents
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With summer just around the bend, AC units are already abuzz.
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 23 May 2026
Social media is abuzz that Claude will at times advise a user to get some rest or needed sleep, despite the topic of sleep not being on the table.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
But at a time when Silicon Valley is currently abuzz about orbital data centers and ocean-going AI data centers, data center nodes embedded in suburbia may stand on more solid footing—at least until homeowner associations catch wind of them.
—Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 12 May 2026
The nearing deadline means the Capitol will be even more abuzz than usual as lawmakers scramble to pass -- or use the clock to kill — legislation.
—The Denver Post, Denver Post, 9 May 2026
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 23 May 2026
Social media is abuzz that Claude will at times advise a user to get some rest or needed sleep, despite the topic of sleep not being on the table.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
But at a time when Silicon Valley is currently abuzz about orbital data centers and ocean-going AI data centers, data center nodes embedded in suburbia may stand on more solid footing—at least until homeowner associations catch wind of them.
—Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 12 May 2026
The nearing deadline means the Capitol will be even more abuzz than usual as lawmakers scramble to pass -- or use the clock to kill — legislation.
—The Denver Post, Denver Post, 9 May 2026
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“Abuzz.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abuzz. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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