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buzz

[buhz] / bʌz /


NOUN
a mild intoxication or high
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VERB
gossip
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Since his arrival a year ago at the helm of Chanel, Matthieu Blazy has created a buzz and sales frenzy at the classic French label, with customers queueing outside some boutiques for his latest collections.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

The buzz of drones starts up, soon to be drowned out by helicopters flying overhead.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

As other companies race to push out new models and products, Meta will need to translate Muse’s initial buzz into an everyday consumer habit to stay in the lead.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026

Experts say these strategies generate buzz, but some don’t translate to a sustainable enrollment boost.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

When it rains, clouds envelop the mountains, and the flooded valleys buzz with swarms of mosquitoes.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

A Riyadh development called Diriyah buzzes with activity around a hub of restaurants set next to a historic ruin, with a Trump-branded hotel planned nearby.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026

Back in Seoul, the market buzzes with tourists, and business is booming for Lee.

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026

A radio buzzes in the background with static and news of “that Hitler fella,” as the man says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025

ET – with Queens local and President Donald Trump set to enter this haven of Hamptons tans and Honey Deuce buzzes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2025

Hina buzzes in Kareem and then disappears into her bedroom.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

And so, on a late morning in late August, I buzzed the seventh floor and rode the elevator straight into the belly of the beast.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026

I hadn’t even been drinking but, boy, I felt buzzed.

From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026

In the main square, Lebanese soldiers used heavy machinery to remove rubble as drones buzzed overhead.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

Dozens of phones buzzed across the globe last December.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

The space buzzed with Level Twos and Threes and Fours.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Amazon once filed a patent application for “hi-tech buzzing wristbands,” as one headline put it, “that bosses can use to track workers and order them around.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

This sounds kind of self-sabotaging, but we met with Odd Future when they first were buzzing in L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

On Sept. 1, with the math community buzzing about rumors that Anthropic had solved two Millennium Prize problems, OpenAI unleashed the model on all six open questions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Known for its buzzing commercial and entertainment district, the ward hosts nearly 10 percent of Japan's 42,000 short-term rentals.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

So many of them clustered on the screen that their buzzing made her ears ring.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer




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