buoying

present participle of buoy
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for buoying
Verb
  • Human oversight remains crucial for interpreting AI outputs, making final decisions and infusing empathy and creativity into business processes.
    Vikram Joshi, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Maximalist Spirit The resurgence of 1970s decor is all about infusing personality into your spaces, in both big and small ways.
    Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • It’s designed to feel like a floating loft at sea, and, if built, will represent a completely new direction for Benetti.
    Katia Damborsky, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • For a longer journey, Johnson is impartial to his Osprey Aether pack for its airscape back panels, floating lids, and signature Fit on the Fly adjustments.
    Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The current cashless bail policies are failing victims, emboldening repeat offenders, and undermining the trust people place in our justice system.
    Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Abbas’ allies and rivals have hounded him for years about the need to appoint a deputy and to begin planning for a stable transition, but Abbas, who is 81 years old and fears emboldening his challengers, has long refused to do so.
    GRANT RUMLEY, Foreign Affairs, 9 Mar. 2017
Verb
  • No more hovering at the oven door.
    Matt Emma, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • One way or the other, the current mood doesn’t feel sustainable, and the Penguins can’t enter the season with this speculation hovering over their heads.
    Josh Yohe, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Apart from lifting the ban on social media, the protesters’ other demands included that the Prime Minister resign and that Nepal establish an independent watchdog body similar to an ombudsman to monitor corruption.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Nuno will be replaced by Ange Postecoglou, who was relieved of his duties by Tottenham Hotspur in June, just weeks after ending the club’s 17-year wait for a major trophy by lifting the Europa League.
    Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • When role demands match instinctive strengths, work feels like swimming with the current instead of against it.
    Carrie Moore, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The last attack in Sydney took place when a person swimming in shallow water was killed in February 2022, Reuters reported, marking Sydney's first fatal shark attack since 1963.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Building and strengthening one-on-one relationships is the way to grow and defend yourself.
    Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Merrill even walked with two outs to bring the go-ahead run to the plate but Ryan O’Hearn struck out to end a loss that prevented the Padres from truly strengthening their postseason position.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The org chart becomes clearer as the season progresses, but that also involves both Ken and Esmeralda’s subplots drifting away from the main action.
    Jesse Hassenger, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • If yields are simply drifting higher, then buyers do tend to step in, said Steve Sosnick, chief strategist at Interactive Brokers.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Buoying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buoying. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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