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buoyancy

[boi-uhn-see, boo-yuhn-see] / ˈbɔɪ ən si, ˈbu jən si /
NOUN
tendency to float
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The buoyancy of the stock market, high home prices and the soaring wealth of artificial-intelligence innovators make the question even more urgent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

“I want to keep working with interesting people,” he says with his trademark buoyancy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Value stocks—defined by Trivariate as the cheapest fifth of stocks by forward price/earnings—enjoy some degree of buoyancy after a big drop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

"We confirmed previous ideas that lithospheric buoyancy forces are driving the rift, but we're bringing new insight that anomalous deformation can happen in East Africa."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026

The buoyancy of the gasbag was too great, and the men, haul as they might, couldn’t hold it back.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman

Abandoned ideals and buoyancies can be seen within.

From Time Magazine Archive

But beneath it all, there are two buoyancies.

From Time Magazine Archive


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