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buoyed; buoying; buoys
1
: to mark by or as if by a float or buoy
buoy an anchor
2
3
: to raise the spirits of
—usually used with up
hope buoys him up
: float
—usually used with up
They buoyed up like a cork.
Examples of buoy in a Sentence
Verb
The tax breaks should help to buoy the economy.
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Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
Contracts for the buoys, and other equipment, are on hold while under review by the Commerce Department.
—Michael Wilner, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 18 May 2025
But Trump has cast that caution aside in his second term, no doubt buoyed by the U.S. Supreme Court decision last year granting broad presidential immunity from prosecution.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2025
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Noun
Don’t worry — there’s nothing wrong with the original buoy.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
Contracts for the buoys, and other equipment, are on hold while under review by the Commerce Department.
—Michael Wilner, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
Verb
Audiences are really latching onto A24’s Friendship, buoying it to no. 7 at the domestic box office on just 60 screens with a $1.4 million weekend ($23k per screen average) and a $2+ million cume.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 18 May 2025
But Trump has cast that caution aside in his second term, no doubt buoyed by the U.S. Supreme Court decision last year granting broad presidential immunity from prosecution.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2025
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“Buoy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buoy. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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