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Recent Examples of free-floating
Most cosmologists believe that these stars were the first large, free-floating structures to illuminate our universe, and that black holes appeared later.
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Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2025
In 2016, Yolanda Hadid got her breast implants removed on an episode of Real Housewives, after learning there was free-floating silicone in her body.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
If luck holds, the then free-floating embryo develops into a larvae, which settles on a reef and begins life as a coral polyp.
—Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
During the tests, Olympus was mounted upside-down on one of ORBIT's floating platforms, which glides on a thin cushion of air across an ultra-flat floor without any friction, reproducing a state of weightless free-floating in two dimensions, similar to how pucks float on an air hockey table.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 9 Aug. 2025
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Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2025
In 2016, Yolanda Hadid got her breast implants removed on an episode of Real Housewives, after learning there was free-floating silicone in her body.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
If luck holds, the then free-floating embryo develops into a larvae, which settles on a reef and begins life as a coral polyp.
—Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
During the tests, Olympus was mounted upside-down on one of ORBIT's floating platforms, which glides on a thin cushion of air across an ultra-flat floor without any friction, reproducing a state of weightless free-floating in two dimensions, similar to how pucks float on an air hockey table.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 9 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for free-floating
Adjective
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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
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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
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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
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“Free-floating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/free-floating. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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