floats
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Enforcing the new three-times float rule to low-float companies—those with public floats below 33.3% of their shares outstanding—ensures that SpaceX’s initial weighting won’t be significantly higher.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Why not help those who paved the road to where you are today, if nothing else floats your boat?
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
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
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
The sound of giggling girls floats to us from the kitchen.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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