Verb
The tax breaks should help to buoy the economy.
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Noun
Once buoys are removed, an area is no longer designated as a swim area, DNR said in a release, and anyone entering the water should use caution.—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 19 Sep. 2025 The rescuers then deployed a large buoy to allow closer access for cutting the lines.—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
The Federal Open Market Committee cut interest rates by a fourth of a percent earlier this month to buoy a slowing labor market.—Preston Fore, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2025 Broder Kurland was buoyed by the growth of network television in the late 1970s and into the 1990s.—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for buoy
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Etymology
Noun and Verb
Middle English boye, probably from Middle Dutch boeye; akin to Old High German bouhhan sign — more at beacon
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