float
Example Sentences
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To be added to the S&P 500, companies must meet eligibility requirements around things like market capitalization, float and profitability.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
After months of contentious debate, California officials visited Calabasas this week to float their new proposed rules on fire-safe landscaping in foothill communities.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
Still, float adjustments mean that index-fund exposure to any one of these companies shouldn’t be extreme at launch.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Enforcing the new three-times float rule to low-float companies—those with public floats below 33.3% of their shares outstanding—ensures that SpaceX’s initial weighting won’t be significantly higher.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Henrietta looked at it, but she didn’t float it or anything.
From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones
Vocabulary lists containing float
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