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Recent Examples of floaty
Both are up to the task, grounding these sometimes floaty proceedings in some human guts and grit.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 Feb. 2026
As Max Space’s modules also include a lot of interior volume, the company didn’t want astronauts floating out of reach of a handle and getting stuck in the floaty environment of space.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
Light, floaty, and romantic, Pottery Barn’s voile bed skirt could easily skew frilly—but bright white cotton and sleek elegant folds help the design steer clear of fuss.
—Shoko Wanger, Architectural Digest, 20 Jan. 2026
The other, by the ceramic artist Katie Stout, is floored in a chunky mosaic and walled in her monstrous watercolors of floaty ladies.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 11 Dec. 2025
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 Feb. 2026
As Max Space’s modules also include a lot of interior volume, the company didn’t want astronauts floating out of reach of a handle and getting stuck in the floaty environment of space.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
Light, floaty, and romantic, Pottery Barn’s voile bed skirt could easily skew frilly—but bright white cotton and sleek elegant folds help the design steer clear of fuss.
—Shoko Wanger, Architectural Digest, 20 Jan. 2026
The other, by the ceramic artist Katie Stout, is floored in a chunky mosaic and walled in her monstrous watercolors of floaty ladies.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 11 Dec. 2025
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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.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
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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
Adjective
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The waterproof, buoyant outfits maintain body temperature for six hours, manufacturers say, even when temperatures are as low as -20 C (-4 F).—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
7 Mar. 2026
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Though the show’s structure is rather run-of-the-mill despite some very bizarre crimes, the characters keep this series buoyant.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Floaty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/floaty. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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