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  • present participle of float.
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floating

[floh-ting] / ˈfloʊ tɪŋ /


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"The kids had been playing with some toys the night before and they were just floating about," she says.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Morningstar’s revenue projections are also significantly more conservative than the numbers floating around Wall Street.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

The Port of Long Beach aims to become an assembly hub for floating offshore wind turbines, while the state awaits a more favorable federal administration for their deployment.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

First, the more than 170 tankers now floating in the Persian Gulf have to leave it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Jonathan realized that her tree was not floating as fast as his was.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret




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