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flotation

[floh-tay-shuhn] / floʊˈteɪ ʃən /


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It is planned to be a traditional open-pit shovel and truck operation with a conventional flotation concentrator producing copper concentrate and molybdenum concentrate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

A few miles outside Guerneville at Steelhead Beach, several men stepped into the water, laden with flotation devices.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

Discarded flotation rings and clothes had been left on the shore near where the frontier barrier meets the sea.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

The successful flotation raised about $8.5 billion for the 7% of shares that were offered although the over-allotment of shares, allows underwriters to increase that to around $10 billion.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

Harris’s shoulders sagged like a flotation device losing air.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray


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