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buoyed

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verb

past tense of buoy
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Recent Examples of buoyed
Adjective
Marsch will likely come away from this game feeling more buoyed than ever about Tani Oluwaseyi – who did not appear until the 78th minute – as the right forward to play beside Jonathan David. Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for buoyed
Adjective
  • Over the past few years, Teasdale has grown to embrace the slow mornings and simple comforts that come with being a homebody, and Moisturizer, Wet Leg’s bright, celestial second album, captures small-hours moments, sofa snogs and falling into the buoyant daze of doing nothing all day.
    Sophie Williams, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The trailer for Roofman makes the movie look like a buoyant romantic comedy, and that’s more than halfway accurate.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The crowd cheered as the trap was sprung.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • SpaceX spokesperson Dan Huot said during the company's launch webcast today, as employees at the site cheered the test flight's successful conclusion.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Some opponents to the BlackRock acquisition have floated the idea of city government buying AES to keep the public utility out of the hands of private equity.
    Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The Palestinians being floated to join efforts to administer Gaza seem selected primarily for their palatability to foreign governments.
    Mohammed R. Mhawish, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • But Smith, a Loyalist, may not have been in as jubilant a mood as his guests.
    Victoria Flexner, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
  • In a last-gasp play, Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts threw long into the end zone, but the Broncos defense managed to bat it away to spark jubilant celebrations from the visiting fans.
    Ben Church, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • All mandatory evacuations were lifted Sunday, but low-lying areas and residences along the river remain on pre-evacuation orders.
    Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
  • So when the moratorium was lifted, a wave of eviction notices followed.
    Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Hornets are attempting to alter the narrative that’s hovered over the franchise for the better part of the past two decades and are fixated on doing it sooner than later.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Bitcoin hovered around $115,000 on Monday, stabilizing after its drop below $105,000 on Friday but so far failing to recoup all of its losses.
    John Towfighi, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Dratch also continued to giggle through lines for the rest of the sketch, and her occasional pauses to get her bearings were met with joyous applause from the SNL audience.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
  • But a performance of the song by the school band in which Tess and Alex’s boys play brings its own kind of joyous release to cap this soulful, satisfying movie.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The rise in debt-collection complaints also suggests debt collectors may feel emboldened, some consumer advocates say, by a presidential administration that has gutted the federal government’s consumer watchdog effort.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The renowned investor and technologist has long held these beliefs but was emboldened by the groundbreaking report from Apple suggesting that the reasoning capabilities of AI models may not be as sophisticated as many assume.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025

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“Buoyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buoyed. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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