free-floating

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Recent Examples of free-floating Of all the free-floating planets — or planets without parent stars — that JWST was able to directly detect, a whopping 9% of them were locked up in binary systems. Big Think, 20 Mar. 2025 The search turned up free-floating objects roughly two to three times the mass of Jupiter. Robert Lea, Space.com, 14 Mar. 2025 Thus, if free-floating planetary mass objects are indeed brown dwarfs, the sheer number of them seen as binary systems is difficult to explain. Robert Lea, Space.com, 10 Mar. 2025 Braxton, a globe-trotting killer for hire, is an ideal foil for Chris — a gleeful, filter-free mercenary who loves luxury goods and beating people up, but who is, like his brother, has been living a free-floating life that lacks meaningful connections. Alison Willmore, Vulture, 9 Mar. 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 2 May. 2025.

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