float
Example Sentences
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What little water is left in the marina is shallow, not enough to float a boat.
From BBC
In recent years, the idea has been floated that there is no such thing as “quality”—a hierarchy of accomplishment—in art.
The state has an ambitious goal of 25 gigawatts of floating offshore wind by 2045, which experts and officials say will be an important piece of the state’s clean energy portfolio to address climate change.
From Los Angeles Times
Financial regulators are floating the removal of “quiet periods” restricting when analysts can publish research on their own bank’s transactions.
Bee balloons floated in the wind in honour of the youngest victim of the attack, Matilda, who was nicknamed "Matilda Bee".
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
