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adjective

as in buoyant

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verb

past tense of buoy
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as in lifted

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as in floated

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Recent Examples of buoyed
Adjective
But Democrats did not view it as a good faith effort, and, feeling buoyed about their chances in the midterms, said Bondi further damaged her credibility with a party hoping to take the majority. — Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 12 Feb. 2026 The online hype faded but the stock stayed relatively buoyed. — Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 29 Dec. 2025 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
  1. buoyant
  2. lifted
  3. floated
  4. jubilant
  5. cheered
  6. hovered
  7. joyous
  8. emboldened
Adjective
  • Pradhan’s resignation on Saturday was met with jubilation – and not a little surprise – at the Jantar Mantar, the eighteenth-century observatory in the capital that had become the colorful, buoyant base camp for the protest movement.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
  • Their executives are even, at times, buoyant, and thinking more inventively.
    — David Folkenflik, NPR, 26 July 2026
Definition of buoyant
Verb
  • For example, experts estimate that some 2 million buildings in Florida will need to be lifted to avoid frequent flood damage, but so far, little has happened, and federal grants are being delayed.
    — Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
  • Trend-right product across the portfolio lifted Steve Madden‘s second quarter earnings, and things are looking up for the rest of the year.
    — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 30 July 2026
Definition of lifted
Verb
  • However, Newcastle have been looking at alternatives, and Parma’s Zion Suzuki, the 23-year-old Japan international, has featured during internal discussions, while Brighton’s 25-year-old goalkeeper Carl Rushworth has also been floated.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • The team floated the idea to Nestlé’s global KitKat brand group, then gave its agency partner, VML, 24 hours to return with a concept.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 20 July 2026
Definition of floated
Adjective
  • When it was all done, Messi and his jubilant teammates jumped up and down and sang their lungs out along with their passionate fans, who far outnumbered English fans at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
  • The footage shows the four royals intently following the final moments of the match and then bursting into a jubilant round of applause at the final whistle, hugging one another to celebrate the achievement of the team.
    — Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 15 July 2026
Definition of jubilant
Verb
  • Fans cheered him with a #HangInTherePunch tag on social media.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
  • He was cheered by his fans across the world and blasted by pro-Israel organizations and members of Netanyahu’s government.
    — Jack Holmes, Vanity Fair, 24 July 2026
Definition of cheered
Verb
  • His long-term future surely hovered as another complicating factor.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • Somewhere in the heated mist hovered the howls of Albert Ayler and the clarion call of his brother Donald’s trumpet, followed by the Ornette Coleman Quartet, saluting him with joyous cacophony.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2026
Definition of hovered
Adjective
  • For Chicago White Sox rookie slugger Munetaka Murakami, Sunday was a celebration of the most joyous kind.
    — Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 26 July 2026
  • The joyous event is a tradition spanning over half a century.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
Definition of joyous
Verb
  • Their success appears to have emboldened others to believe some form of change is possible.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
  • Alan Siow, co-head of EM corporate debt at Ninety One Asset Management, said the White House appears to be adapting to such legal constraints and may be emboldened by limited retaliation and no clear inflation spike.
    — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 27 July 2026
Definition of emboldened

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