float
Example Sentences
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“There was a treasure chest on the float,” my dad recalled.
From Salon
If these floating shelves continue to deteriorate, the Antarctic Ice Sheet could contribute even more to future sea-level rise.
From Science Daily
The government floated the idea of an economically efficient income-tax rise in the run-up to the budget, and the bond market loved it.
“I do that ‘Beautiful Mind’ thing where things float into place and I create something new,” Schlesinger said, referring to Nobel-prize winning mathematician John Nash’s kaleidoscopic approach.
On Thursday, a “Stranger Things” float appeared in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade.
From Los Angeles Times
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