buoying

verb

present participle of buoy
1
as in infusing

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2
as in floating

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for buoying
  1. infusing
  2. floating
  3. lifting
  4. hovering
  5. strengthening
  6. swimming
  7. cheering
  8. drifting
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  • Singh and Oppenheim spent the next few days working on the script in a Mid-City office, then Singh spent five days alone rewriting the character of Hansen, infusing a mystical, avenging-angel undertone to his character.
    — Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The addition of orzo will elevate the soup a notch, with its starch infusing the stock with richness and body.
    — Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of infusing
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  • From shredding the slopes in the winter to floating on the water in the summer, the unofficial capital of the Sierra Nevada sees outdoorsy travelers constantly flocking to its campsites and cabins.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • To mollify the weathering forces that can twist or pull their systems apart, engineers at Ciel & Terre, a French floating solar array manufacturer, reshaped its design.
    — Sal Vaglica, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of floating
Verb
  • Wealthier boomers aged into the 75-and-older bracket between surveys, lifting its median.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
  • China has opened much of its financial sector to foreign firms since 2018, gradually lifting foreign ownership caps on services such as securities, futures and fund management.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of lifting
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  • At the event, Musk and his team showcased a white sports car that raced up a curved ramp, then clung to it upside down and vaulted off it, flipping in mid-air and hovering slowly before landing on the ground.
    — Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The price of Brent crude, the international standard for oil, was hovering around $105 on Wednesday, up from $98 on the last day of September.
    — Mark Osborne, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of hovering
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  • The Bills are also coming off a Monday night overtime game, strengthening the home underdog’s case.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Florida is living proof that protecting the preborn and strengthening families is both possible and popular.
    — Kimberly Bird, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of strengthening
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  • It’s estimated about 25% of the sunscreen people apply to their skin washes off while swimming or wading in the ocean.
    — Matthew Perrone, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
  • For twenty years, McCarthy has been swimming against the current, writing novels that reflect, with unusual intensity, his disdain for the conventional underpinnings of literary fiction.
    — Max Callimanopulos, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of swimming
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  • Penélope Cruz arrives for a few scenes as a wartime cabaret singer — her performance for a group of cheering soldiers is a burst of bawdy energy.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
  • One couple's big day at Fortitude Farm in Milton had guests cheering, plenty of reasons to smile, and a bride and groom who were a little distracted.
    — Kaley Fedko, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of cheering
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  • Plush toys have long served as soft zero-g indicators for spaceflight missions, drifting freely to signal the instant a spacecraft enters weightlessness.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Stewart complained about the chain’s merchandising and quality control, and Kmart was drifting toward financial trouble.
    — Fernanda Tronco, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of drifting
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