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dance floor

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noun

    1. an area of floor in a disco, etc, where patrons may dance

    2. ( as modifier )

      dance-floor music

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Now they hope their sudden popularity will push others off the sofa and onto the dance floor, they said.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

Heck, I’m past 65 and still hit the dance floor from 10 pm to 1:30 am.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

It’s equally fair to call it an art video destined to be projected on the backdrop of a dance floor.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

"In terms of people just really letting loose on the dance floor, you don't see it as much, it does happen, but people are a lot more self conscious," he said.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

Then Julia’s squad comes over and grabs her, pulling her onto the dance floor with them.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

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