Verb
The tax breaks should help to buoy the economy.
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Noun
Data is also collected from instruments aboard commercial aircraft, surface observing stations, satellites, radars, and buoys.—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025 Most countries don’t have the sweeping satellite and buoy technology that America takes for granted.—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
Sophomore star Hannah Hidalgo often had buoyed the offense in the early months.—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025 Optimism among company chief financial officers dropped in the first quarter as tariff risks and uncertainty began to cloud an outlook among business executives that had been buoyed by President Donald Trump's election victory, according to a survey by two Federal Reserve banks and Duke University.—Howard Schneider, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for buoy
Word History
Etymology
Noun and Verb
Middle English boye, probably from Middle Dutch boeye; akin to Old High German bouhhan sign — more at beacon
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