buoying

verb

Definition of buoyingnext
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. hovering
  4. lifting
  5. strengthening
  6. gliding
  7. abetting
  8. riding
Verb
  • Food For Thought About Purposes And AI A veritable Pandora’s box gets opened due to infusing a purpose into AI.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
  • At the same time, three other research groups have conducted studies which shown benefits on imaging scans after infusing CAR T-cell into the brains of adult glioblastoma patients.
    Juergen Eckhardt, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of infusing
Verb
  • Large chunks of the pier were left floating in the water.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • There’s this narrative floating around that Georgia could be better without Carson Beck.
    Seth Emerson, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of floating
Verb
  • Countless people have reported mysterious hovering objects dotting the night skies and posted blurred images — a white light, a black background — on social media.
    Michael Wilson, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Gone are the days when connecting with others meant hovering awkwardly around a plate of sweating cheese cubes, or trying to fit your whole name on a too-small name tag.
    Aytekin Tank, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of hovering
Verb
  • Prospects of heightened inflation could also hinder the Fed from keeping up with interest-rate cuts, even as other central banks proceed with cuts, further lifting the dollar.
    Saqib Iqbal Ahmed, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Tech names and semiconductor stocks were among the big winners of the day, lifting the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq.
    Sean Conlon, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of lifting
Verb
  • In addition to strengthening bones, vitamin D and calcium are necessary for muscle and brain function.
    Korin Miller, Health, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The approach here is likely to be more measured, even if there is an acknowledgement that many areas of the club, including the men’s first team, need strengthening.
    Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of strengthening
Verb
  • Emblazoned with the likes of a pastoral chinoiserie landscape, cascading blossoms, and gliding herons, the 12 designs range from 6 to 14 inches in diameter, ideal for all dinner party configurations.
    Alia Akkam, Architectural Digest, 18 Dec. 2024
  • There’s also the option of swimming with Sailfish (thought to be the fastest fish in the sea), and manta rays, mysterious gliding giants whose wingspan can net up to 26 feet.
    Nina-Sophia Miralles, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of gliding
Verb
  • But states and localities could pay a high price for abetting unconstitutional raids.
    Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
  • In a 2023 criminal case, 31 people were convicted of abetting local mobsters by lying about paying protection money to the group, which served to protect them, according to the judge’s sentencing document.
    Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 23 Nov. 2024
Definition of abetting
Verb
  • The Rockets came into Christmas Eve riding a three-game winning streak, now sitting at 20-9 and up to second overall in the Western Conference, behind just the Oklahoma City Thunder.
    Rahat Huq, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The inspirational documentary chronicles the actor's storied rise but mainly focuses on his later life and work championing people with disabilities and spinal-cord injuries after a horse-riding accident left him paralyzed.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of riding
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