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buoy

[boo-ee, boi] / ˈbu i, bɔɪ /
NOUN
floating device
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Sacks is still a top AI adviser to the president and has championed a strategy of minimal regulation to stay ahead of China in the AI race and buoy the economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

At Miu Miu, Prada's more youthful line, the designer oversaw a stretch of soaring sales that helped buoy the company in an otherwise tough sales environment for luxury fashion.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

Some of the best support, Ghazalian said, has come from lighthearted comments, which have helped buoy their spirits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026

But even the strongest sequences, like the opening scene where Teyana Taylor references her Oscar loss, filmed only a few months ago, can’t buoy those that flatline on arrival.

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026

Coming up to the two-mile buoy, the California shell rolled slightly off keel; a moment later it happened again.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

"We spotted life buoys and a lifeboat but it was empty. Unfortunately, no survivors have been found so far," he said, indicating that search and rescue operations were ongoing.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

“The Jewish community sort of buoys him up and brings him back,” O’Brien said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

The buoys mark a voluntary no-anchor zone, to encourage water users to avoid anchoring, reduce seabed damage, and protect declining seagrass habitats.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

The cage, China’s second, remains in the shared zone and added to a network of more than a dozen data-collection buoys discovered in the area since 2018.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

Nailer started swimming beneath the boardwalk, easing his way to the buoys.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

Rising interest rates pummeled bonds as stocks continued to chug along and favorable rule-making buoyed cryptocurrencies.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Scotland fans should be buoyed by the new head coach recognising the problems in his team and then fixing them.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

For 10 years he’s covered the gap himself, supplemented by donations and buoyed by a 2025 segment on CBS 8 San Diego that brought in $12,000.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

The tech-heavy Nasdaq rose 0.4%, buoyed by a rebound in AI stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Woody lies suspended in the warm darkness, buoyed up by a sadness both heaxry and sweet.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston

Also on the BIS list were concerns over the longevity of the artificial intelligence investment boom, which has been buoying global growth and keeping it going through crises like last year's tariff hikes.

From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026

But while that is driving record gains in equities markets, bolstering corporate profits and buoying the broader economy, Fitch warned that a material slowdown in global growth could stop the momentum in its tracks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

Extraordinary demand for memory in the artificial-intelligence era is buoying the stock.

From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026

Gauges of Asia factory activity showed more evidence of supply-chain disruptions from the Middle East war, with stockpiling buoying production as cost pressures intensify.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

She flew there, twenty-three feet up in the sky, the wind buoying her, her feet pointed behind.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell




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