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  • present participle of float.
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floating

[floh-ting] / ˈfloʊ tɪŋ /


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The resulting electrospray generated enough force to spin the CubeSat like a floating top.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

The primary suite is magnificent, with a floating fireplace and a glass-windowed wall that opens to a private balcony.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

This installation stages basins filled with floating ceramic bowls, which drift and collide in an improvised soundscape that takes its title from the term for the random movement of atoms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 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

Clare hunched farther over the kindling and struck the monocle again and again, looking back and forth from the unlit tinder to the spirit floating above him.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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