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float

[floht] / floʊt /


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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.

From The Wall Street Journal

“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.

From The Wall Street Journal

On Thursday, a “Stranger Things” float appeared in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade.

From Los Angeles Times