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buoyant

[boi-uhnt, boo-yuhnt] / ˈbɔɪ ənt, ˈbu jənt /




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A buoyant summer tourism sector kept package-holiday prices from falling as much as they did in September 2025, while fuel prices rose.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Their British approach to R&B prized tightness, clarity, and buoyant precision over the loose, improvisational grit often associated with American soul.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

“The Whale” is subtler on stage than it is on screen; its metaphors work better in the theater’s buoyant atmosphere for which they were conceived.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Financial groups that make a chunk of earnings from buoyant capital markets may face waning tailwinds “as oversight and investigations rise, weighing on deal/issuance momentum.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

As the forest’s warning became louder, more plangent and strident, William’s buoyant mood shivered, quailed, and fled like a routed army from the field.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz




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