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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
  • Johnson and his colleagues are now arguing that the formation of continents on Earth was caused largely by an intense, sustained barrage of asteroid impacts that kept the early crust hot and thin enough to make buoyant continents possible.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 5 July 2026
  • But estimate-beating earnings reports and buoyant guidance—which the 1990s tech bubble lacked—haven’t been enough to sustain bullishness as investors start to doubt whether profits will come in as strong as expected.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 5 July 2026
Definition of buoyant
Verb
  • That performance has lifted its stock on the Indian bourses fivefold since 2021 and 25% over the past year.
    — Anu Raghunathan, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
  • Since the incident began, the size of the frozen zone in which crews work to stabilize the building has gradually been reduced, roads have reopened and many of the vacate orders have been lifted.
    — Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 9 July 2026
Definition of lifted
Verb
  • Troy Jackson, a logger and former candidate in Maine’s Democratic gubernatorial primary and a progressive, has been floated as a candidate who could appeal to Platner’s voters.
    — Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 7 July 2026
  • The ball floated toward the box, over Egypt’s Yasser Ibrahim and toward the head of Enzo Fernández.
    — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
Definition of floated
Adjective
  • Other major boulevards across Casablanca were also jammed with jubilant fans.
    — Kristie Rieken, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2026
  • All of which sent the sellout crowd into jubilant celebrations, some jumping, others breaking out World Cup chants.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
Definition of jubilant
Verb
  • The team stood outside for a while, watching and waving as fans cheered, sang and danced.
    — Julianna Mejia, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026
  • Red, green and white fireworks exploded, music boomed and strangers danced and cheered together.
    — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
Definition of cheered
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  • But taken as a percentage of GDP, the US has hovered around 3% range -- less than Poland and Baltic allies.
    — Isabella Murray, ABC News, 6 July 2026
  • For about a decade, the number has hovered somewhere between 200,000 and 340,000 people.
    — Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 6 July 2026
Definition of hovered
Adjective
  • Instead, Alfonzo’s first appearance, the culmination of nine tireless years, was somber , stricken by the grief overshadowing what should’ve been a joyous moment in the Dodgers’ to the Padres.
    — Liana Handler Follow, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • The joyous if relatively restrained gathering was the culmination of the riotous nationwide celebrations that had broken out on the evening of April 12, when the results of the parliamentary elections came in.
    — Gordon F. Sander, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026
Definition of joyous
Verb
  • Christians are being targeted by hostility and violence and say their attackers feel emboldened by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government.
    — Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 5 July 2026
  • Despite this, Tehran appears emboldened, having defied calls by some in the West and Israel for regime change.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 3 July 2026
Definition of emboldened

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