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buoyed

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verb

past tense of buoy

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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
Adjective
  • The property is big, but the energy is buoyant rather than transient and impersonal.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Long-wavelength gravity anomalies are fingerprints of interior dynamics — clues to how heat escapes a planet, how dense material sinks and how buoyant material rises.
    Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 25 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • As of 2025, the company’s NPI is still active, and its exclusion status has not been lifted.
    Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026
  • With damask rose at its center, the scent is lifted by the juicy brightness of lychee for a crisp burst.
    Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Roughly two minutes later, Benjamin’s body floated down, too.
    Owen Clarke, Outside, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Trump also shocked the world in January with a surprise raid to capture Venezuela’s then-leader, Nicolás Maduro, and floated the idea of using force to seize Greenland.
    Michelle L. Price, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Voting integrity advocates who believe the 2020 election was rife with fraud have been jubilant since the FBI seized Fulton County’s ballots last month.
    David Wickert, AJC.com, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The Hobart Police Department’s arrest of two Gary men for her baby sister Destiny Jackson’s murder Wednesday morning affected her more profoundly than even her other seven siblings, who were cautiously jubilant during a press conference outside Hobart City Hall Thursday afternoon.
    Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Amodei is being cheered by a lot of people in Silicon Valley for sticking to his guns.
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Before the game, when the Lancers were warming up, the football players cheered every Parker miss.
    Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • For months, the threat of artificial intelligence (AI) replacing human workers has hovered over the American economy like a distant storm.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2026
  • That is a real step back for a player who has hovered around the 70-point mark in each of the past four years.
    Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • This time the Democratic mayor was more prepared and changed her strategy, choosing to portray the snow as a necessary but joyous occasion.
    Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
  • What a disappointment to have something so joyous tarnished by a dreadful reality where women are being belittled & disrespected for existing.
    Doha Madani, NBC news, 25 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Specialist distributors may be emboldened by the film’s special jury mention following its premiere in Berlin’s Perspectives competition for first features.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 22 Feb. 2026
  • While the scale of violence exceeded expectations, the belief that international support was imminent undeniably emboldened many protesters.
    Pegah Banihashemi, Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026

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“Buoyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buoyed. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.

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