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floating

adjective as in buoyant

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The only otter seen on Thursday was way off shore, floating on its back atop a kelp bed — presumably eating some tasty morsel, such as a crab or abalone, retrieved from the sea floor.

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These investments generally entail floating junk bonds, a business pioneered by Drexel Burnham in the 1980s.

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The situation is stalemated enough to have some GOP members floating the ill-considered idea of killing the filibuster for appropriations.

They are often floating rate and add resilience to a portfolio.

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A new sparkle icon in your browser bar opens Gemini in a floating window.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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