float

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SpaceX filed confidentially on Wednesday for an IPO that may float as little as 3% of its stock when it debuts in June.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Xiaomeng Lu, a director at political consultancy Eurasia Group, says mainland Chinese tech firms are "shifting to Hong Kong" for their primary share listing as "geopolitical headwinds dampen their dreams" to float in New York.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

Why float in debt when you could so easily eliminate it?

From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026

In this system, tiny particles float on a cushion of sound and interact by exchanging sound waves.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

Nathan’s boat bobbed out from under him and began to float away.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook