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float

[floht] / floʊt /


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To float comfortably off to dreamland with a book, find a writer who informs, entertains and keeps the thrills modest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Koch described being so conditioned by weightlessness that back on Earth she had dropped a shirt expecting it to float - and was startled when it fell.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Short interest represented more than 26% of Avis’s public float as of Tuesday.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Though the platforms will float, they still must be tethered to the seafloor.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

And then my arms float up at my sides.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day




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