buoying

present participle of buoy
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for buoying
Verb
  • But infusing the college experience with the technology is deeply misguided.
    Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The company has been infusing artificial intelligence across its product portfolio.
    Jordan Novet, CNBC, 11 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
  • But then the gel starts lifting up at the corners and catching on things like your hair.
    Megan McIntyre, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • After lifting the ban in 2017, her country has come a long way, too.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 16 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
  • Any cell drifting in the skies is blasted with UV rays and desiccated.
    Katherine Bourzac, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Even an imperfect north star is better than drifting rudderless.
    Dr. Jonathan Reichental, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
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“Buoying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buoying. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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