floats
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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There will be horseback riders, floats and mariachis, and vendors will serve deep fried cherry burritos and cherry lemonade.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
A violin floats between the guitars, evoking country earthiness with an elegiac tone.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
It’s usually a drop of at least 0.25% before the locked rate floats lower, he said.
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
To improve the picture, the research team combined these ship records with data from a global network of autonomous floats.
From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2026
Thus a chip of ebony, which is heavier than water, floats if placed on the surface of a bucket of water.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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