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buoys 1 of 2

noun

plural of buoy
as in indicators

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buoys

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verb

present tense third-person singular of buoy
1
as in lifts

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as in floats

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for buoys
  1. indicators
  2. lifts
  3. floats
  4. signals
  5. triggers
  6. swims
  7. signs
  8. cheers
Noun
  • The company will monitor employee health, safety, and environmental indicators and proactively submit the results to regulators.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Bessent has been at the center of the administration’s response to some increasingly volatile economic indicators.
    — Dan Mangan,Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of indicators
Verb
  • When strands are dry or damaged, the cuticle lifts and starts pulling water from the air, which is why the same head of hair can look glossy in January and a halo of static by August.
    — Valeriya Chupinina, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Tuesday looks like the wettest day of the week as the front briefly lifts north, bringing widespread rain chances while temperatures remain stuck in the 60s.
    — Andrew Kozak, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of lifts
Verb
  • The city has completed a 2-megawatt solar array that floats on the Twin Lakes Reservoir, its primary drinking water source.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Amy is an extremely specific archetype within Wasia, a cosmopolite who floats through a stratosphere of international schools and three-city Instagram bios.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of floats
Noun
  • The elevated helium and argon signals were accompanied by no corresponding rise in nitrogen, which the study said provided evidence against atmospheric leakage being the sole explanation.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Social platforms have industrialized this process by providing constant signals about how others respond to us.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of signals
Verb
  • Chemical spill triggers evacuation Michigan State Police personnel assisted the Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s Office at the crash site.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Database lookup triggers Agent C, which calls out to an external API and writes results to cloud storage.
    — Nicola Sfondrini, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of triggers
Verb
  • That subjectivity and secrecy over how a winner is selected also builds suspense, particularly in the years that follow an era dominated by Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, where a deeper pool of candidates now swims.
    — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Getting there is critical for a species that, though removed from endangered status, still swims in only about a tenth of its historic range in the state, Rees said.
    — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of swims
Noun
  • In years past, department statistics showed at least a third of all police shootings involved someone with obvious signs of emotional distress.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Presuming Ausar signs, Miami will have 21 players under contract, the most a team can carry during training camp.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of signs
Verb
  • Share a draft with a friend who cheers you on, and notice how confidence grows.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Former University of Florida Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Tim Tebow cheers with fans during the Florida Legends Experience at the Alachua County Sports & Events Center in Gainesville on Sunday, August 23, 2026.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026
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“Buoys.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buoys. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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