as in floating
riding upon the surface of a body of liquid
the boat can't stay afloat much longer
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as in hereabouts
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Adjective
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Social media posts and years of reviewing cookie-cutter luxury hotels had conditioned me to equate floating breakfasts, monogrammed accessories, butler service, and aromatherapy menus as markers of a dreamy luxury vacation.—
Katherine Alex Beaven,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Oct. 2024 -
The boat, a single motorboat, was found floating and half-submerged near the Harbor One Marina.—
Julia Gomez,
USA TODAY,
3 Sep. 2024
Adverb
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This time the recipient is area rancher Benjamin Bonney (Dermot Mulroney), who along with his thuggish sons is suspected of murdering anyone hereabouts who won’t surrender their own land to him.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
10 Jan. 2025
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Clearly someone wants to scare them off from uncovering whatever dark hidden truth controls much of life (and death) hereabouts.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
1 Aug. 2024
Adverb
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The golf-ready skirt/short hybrid is a sleeper hit for Amazon, earning hundreds of five-star reviews from shoppers who wear it everywhere from the course to Costco.—
Esme Benjamin,
People.com,
1 July 2025
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Poor Cybersecurity Hygiene: With SaaS sprawl and remote work, vulnerabilities are everywhere.—
Imre Szenttornyay,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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“Afloat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/afloat. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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