free-floating

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Recent Examples of free-floating At the heart of each LISA spacecraft are two free-floating golden cubes, about the size of a Rubik’s cube. Tereza Pultarova, IEEE Spectrum, 16 July 2025 In this process, nuclei collect neutral, free-floating subatomic particles called neutrons. Jenna Ahart, Quanta Magazine, 2 July 2025 But there’s also a sort of a free-floating anxiety about Agnes, along with a dash of insecurity. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2025 It was illustrated with a cross-section of a gooey candy bar; a dollop of beige cream, spiralling up into a wavelike crest; and a few free-floating hazelnuts and leaves. Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 2 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for free-floating
Recent Examples of Synonyms for free-floating
Adjective
  • Of the other methods – including electrocution, lethal gas and hanging – lethal injection had the highest botch rate of more than 7%. ‘An embrace of brutality’ Still, states have remained averse to the firing squad, a position that experts who spoke to CNN believe stems from its overt violence.
    Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The neutral material keeps it from looking like an eye sore and can be expanded for more hanging space as needed.
    Micaela Arnett, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2024
Adjective
  • 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

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“Free-floating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/free-floating. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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