floor exercise
noun
: an event in gymnastics competition consisting of various ballet and tumbling movements (such as jumps, somersaults, and handstands) performed without apparatus
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Chiles has earned a total of three perfect 10s, two in floor exercise and one in uneven bars, already in her collegiate career at UCLA.
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Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 20 Nov. 2025
Paris 2024 was supposed to be her coronation: team gold with Biles and Sunisa Lee, plus a historic all-Black podium on floor exercise.
—Essence, 6 Nov. 2025
Do pelvic floor exercises: Strengthening pelvic floor muscles through exercises like Kegels can improve bladder control and help minimize leakage or urgency.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 25 Oct. 2025
Brockwell advises doing pelvic floor exercises even before symptoms occur.
—Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
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Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 20 Nov. 2025
Paris 2024 was supposed to be her coronation: team gold with Biles and Sunisa Lee, plus a historic all-Black podium on floor exercise.
—Essence, 6 Nov. 2025
Do pelvic floor exercises: Strengthening pelvic floor muscles through exercises like Kegels can improve bladder control and help minimize leakage or urgency.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 25 Oct. 2025
Brockwell advises doing pelvic floor exercises even before symptoms occur.
—Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for floor exercise
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“Floor exercise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/floor%20exercise. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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