Verb
The tax breaks should help to buoy the economy.
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Noun
An aerial view of the property, which rests along 93 feet of water footage on the west shore of Lake Tahoe, complete with two buoys for offsore mooring but no pier.—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2025 Visitors can still take photos with the original buoy until the repairs begin.—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
Now 20, Speed is considered one of the most recognizable faces in the entire streaming world — buoyed by live streaming tours that take his subscribers out of the typical stream and along with him on breakneck adventures across the globe.—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025 Health clinics expanded and hired workers, buoying local economics.—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for buoy
Word History
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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