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Recent Examples of floaty
Because floaty comedy is easier for people to take.
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Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
4 May 2026
Swooshes from his ink drawings turn into black silk appliqués mounted onto swathes of floaty organza and tulle.
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Violet Goldstone,
Footwear News,
20 Feb. 2026
This cut has the coolness of a long, rock-and-roll shag, but floatier layers and romantic, face-framing pieces, or curtain bangs, to bring it into 2026.
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Loren Savini,
Allure,
14 Feb. 2026
John opts for driven, long balls into the middle and final thirds rather than the floatier lobs of Martinez and others.
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Carl Anka,
New York Times,
24 July 2025
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Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
4 May 2026
Swooshes from his ink drawings turn into black silk appliqués mounted onto swathes of floaty organza and tulle.
—
Violet Goldstone,
Footwear News,
20 Feb. 2026
This cut has the coolness of a long, rock-and-roll shag, but floatier layers and romantic, face-framing pieces, or curtain bangs, to bring it into 2026.
—
Loren Savini,
Allure,
14 Feb. 2026
John opts for driven, long balls into the middle and final thirds rather than the floatier lobs of Martinez and others.
—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
24 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for floaty
Recent Examples of Synonyms for floaty
Adjective
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Companies with a smaller market value generally tend to have more floating rate debt than larger businesses.
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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.
Adjective
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Powering oil operations with wind turbine A tension-leg platform (TLP) is a buoyant, floating structure moored to the seafloor by taut, vertical steel cables.
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Wilde thrills at the prospect of movement, setting a pace to match her buoyant mood.
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“Floaty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/floaty. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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