float
Example Sentences
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But with a huge field spreading votes so thinly, there are growing calls for the no-hopers to drop out and allow one or two candidates to float to the top.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
The remaining unmarked players float in a non-positional manner, with freedom.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
That leads to some odd outcomes: Wireless networking stock Ubiquiti, for example, would be ranked as 202nd-largest with its $62 billion market value, but its low free float means it actually comes in 861st.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
Short interest in Hertz stands at nearly 20% of float, while short interest accounts for 22.4% of Avis’s float, according to FactSet data.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026
I boiled water next, and put a handful of herbs to float in it for a soup.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
Vocabulary lists containing float
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