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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
  • Back in the dressing room, the mood was buoyant.
    Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The European champions appear to be clicking into form at the right time, with the mood buoyant in the French capital.
    James Pearce, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • From Florida's Key West to Puget Sound in Washington, America watched and hoped together as the Artemis II astronauts lifted off, splashed down, and touched the nation from a quarter million miles away.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2026
  • So, Carson lifted the ban on Chase.
    Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The president has floated the idea of putting some tariff revenue directly in the hands of Americans, in the form of a tariff dividend check.
    Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Iran has floated the idea of charging ships passing through as part of a peace deal, though the idea has been widely rejected by countries including the United States and Iran’s neighbor Oman.
    Munir Ahmed, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Leo's Camair charter landed at the Bamenda airport, where jubilant Cameroonians clogged the roads, blowing horns and dancing.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Leo traveled to the western Cameroon city of Bamenda, where jubilant crowds clogged the roads, blowing horns and dancing.
    Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The Dolby audience repeatedly cheered as Jackson, Smith and Ladd shared backstage stories about the series, one of numerous TV hits developed and produced by Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Mulligan proudly cheered her husband on the whole night, hugging him in the audience to celebrate the win.
    Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Performing in a cutout in the middle of a huge elevated ramp, Reznor, his Nails bandmate Atticus Ross and Boys Noize hovered atop a dense rack of synths and samplers.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
  • In the mid-2020s, bond yields hovered between 4% and 5%, but during the COVID-19 recession in 2020, bond yields dropped to near 1%.
    Colin Dodds, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The vinyl rarities sold exclusively during the annual Record Store Day in April run from Taylor Swift to the Grateful Dead and local indie acts, but much of the appeal is the joyous atmosphere that surrounds the industry promotion.
    John Wenzel, Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The regular-season finale served more as a joyous pep rally than a game with any real consequences.
    CBS News, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Horrified by the secrets revealed by Bateman, Christine Marie and Katas were emboldened to go undercover as amateur sleuths.
    Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
  • But that requires you to believe that its nasty regime actually has been diminished over the past several weeks, rather than emboldened by its survival in the face of attack.
    Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 9 Apr. 2026

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“Buoyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buoyed. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.

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