flotation device
noun
: a floating device that is designed to save a person from drowning : life preserver
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The man, who was wearing a flotation device at the time of the crash, was found safe by sheriff’s office rescuers while sitting atop one of the plane’s pontoons.
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Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 10 June 2026
The boy, Ariel Mauricio Banda, was reportedly on a flotation device with another child at the swim beach of Cherry Creek Reservoir Saturday afternoon.
—Alan Gionet, CBS News, 9 June 2026
When one of them began to struggle, the man jumped in and brought a throwable flotation device from the vessel.
—Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 9 June 2026
The dog dad also added that a flotation device would have helped, along with someone calling the local authorities for proper assistance.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
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Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 10 June 2026
The boy, Ariel Mauricio Banda, was reportedly on a flotation device with another child at the swim beach of Cherry Creek Reservoir Saturday afternoon.
—Alan Gionet, CBS News, 9 June 2026
When one of them began to struggle, the man jumped in and brought a throwable flotation device from the vessel.
—Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 9 June 2026
The dog dad also added that a flotation device would have helped, along with someone calling the local authorities for proper assistance.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for flotation device
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“Flotation device.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flotation%20device. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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