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Recent Examples of 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
Adjective
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
Adjective
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The black expanse of thin, dense and relatively young basalt from those centers stands in stark contrast to thicker, more buoyant continental crust, which is primarily granite but contains the full gamut of sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks and can be billions of years old.—
Evan Howell,
Scientific American,
4 Feb. 2026
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There are weak patches, but the four actors (Wilde, MVP Seth Rogen, Edward Norton and Penélope Cruz) keep it buoyant, with a crackling energy that makes the endless streams of overlapping talk play like jazz.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Jan. 2026
Verb
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An eight-hour lockdown on campus was lifted Friday.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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SpaceX launches Crew-12 astronauts With a blinding light, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket lifted off on time from Space Launch Complex 40 to carry the four Crew-12 astronauts toward the International Space Station.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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Proposals being floated by DFL senators and representatives include a bill to give Minnesotans more power to sue federal agents for constitutional violations, a local ban on masks for federal agents, and protections against immigration enforcement in locations like schools, hospitals and day cares.—
Alex Derosier,
Twin Cities,
15 Feb. 2026
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Trump recently floated a new June deadline for an agreement to be made to end the war.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
14 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The atmosphere on the picket line was jubilant.—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Storrie tells the jubilant patrons.—
Kase Wickman,
Vanity Fair,
23 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The crowd cheered—grading on a curve, was my first thought.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
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Not everyone cheered his success.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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The lead hovered around that level for the remainder of the contest before the final horn heralded the Gophers’ 20th victory of the season.—
Staff Report,
Twin Cities,
16 Feb. 2026
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As per a press release, the discovery began with a basilica, as archaeologists hovered around this construction from the 4th century.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Feb. 2026
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The song, which reminds us appreciate the mundane, joyous moments in life, will be a necessary reprise from the politicized chatter surrounding Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show performance.—
Pamela Avila,
USA Today,
5 Feb. 2026
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The end of Ramadan is marked by a joyous celebration called Eid al-Fitr.—
Lianna Norman,
Florida Times-Union,
5 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Trump has made aggressive immigration enforcement a cornerstone of his second term in office, while Democrats appear emboldened by new polling showing broad support for new restrictions on ICE.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
13 Feb. 2026
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Her courage emboldened civil rights leaders around the country.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Buoyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buoyed. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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