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float

[floht] / floʊt /


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After months of contentious debate, California officials visited Calabasas this week to float their new proposed rules on fire-safe landscaping in foothill communities.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Still, float adjustments mean that index-fund exposure to any one of these companies shouldn’t be extreme at launch.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Notably, the Nasdaq 100 will apply a multiple of three times float weighting to SpaceX and other subsequent large IPOs, including Anthropic and OpenAI, if they’re added to the benchmark.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

If things do go wrong, she said "try and remain calm" and "float to live".

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

She turned to float on her back, put Churro on her chest, and used her hands to pull herself across the ceiling.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz




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