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buoyancy

[boi-uhn-see, boo-yuhn-see] / ˈbɔɪ ən si, ˈbu yən si /
NOUN
tendency to float
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Ms. Gionfriddo writes tartly funny dialogue that stings and surprises, with tangy quips and savage retorts whizzing through the air, giving a buoyancy even to scenes that occasionally stretch past their necessary length.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

The gourd was used as a buoyancy aid and a place to put the catch.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

Markets elsewhere, bereft of megacap tech buoyancy, failed to keep pace.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

That earlier design relied on two water-repelling disks sealed together to create buoyancy.

From Science Daily • Jan. 30, 2026

To say that the lithosphere floats on top of the asthenosphere suggests a degree of easy buoyancy that isn’t quite right.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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