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Adjective
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This is what the whole night felt like — youthful, buoyant, and carefree.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
4 Oct. 2025 -
Guillarmé reported the label’s sales remained buoyant, even in the Middle East, except in Doha, where business was slower than two or three years ago.—
Ellen Groves,
Footwear News,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Pretty much all of the 32,904 people in attendance at Albertsons Stadium cheered back.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
2 Oct. 2025
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Cohen then took a chainsaw to a small replica of the Pentagon, with fake dollar bills flowing out to symbolize the waste, as people who had gathered there cheered.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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A touch of sleaze floated across this upscale-at-first-glance wardrobe.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
30 Sep. 2025
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One coach floated the idea that Byfield is more ready to level up than Connor Bedard.—
The Athletic NHL,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Such was the size of the crowd near the bar, that arena staff were left to direct punters through the jubilant mob with the focus and movements of a team of aircraft marshals.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
19 Sep. 2025
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The best dress came out in a jubilant bright red.—
Gretta Monahan,
Boston Herald,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The initial launch will aim for speeds near Mach 2, but project officials say later versions could reach Mach 4 or even Mach 5, the lower edge of true hypersonic velocity, once range restrictions are lifted.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Sep. 2025
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Near the climax of the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics—a living diorama of British history, directed by the filmmaker Danny Boyle—a model house was lifted away to reveal Berners-Lee.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Jean’s mama, in a kente-print muumuu (as much out of self-consciousness about middle-aged weight gain, Jean figured, as in celebration of the day), hovered nearby, smiling on.—
David Wright Faladé,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
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This year, their record after the All-Star break hovered within the Top 10 in the Major Leagues, but their 41-57 hole to begin the year was too difficult to emerge from.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
27 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Was it influenced by your experience in making Barbie, another big, joyous Hollywood film?—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
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Wilson’s Christmas Tree-O, featuring saxophonist Jeff Lederer, exudes enough joyous holiday spirit to illuminate any setting.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The experience appears to have only emboldened the president.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
2 Oct. 2025
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He was emboldened by the Netflix doc to make another Herschel Walker trade and got fleeced!—
Jon Machota,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Buoyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buoyed. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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