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Recent Examples of free-floating
Pack ice, a type of free-floating ice that drifts on the open ocean, surrounds Antarctica.
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Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
Most cosmologists believe that these stars were the first large, free-floating structures to illuminate our universe, and that black holes appeared later.
—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
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Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
Most cosmologists believe that these stars were the first large, free-floating structures to illuminate our universe, and that black holes appeared later.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for free-floating
Adjective
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This is surprising for something that is supposed to require less hovering, especially if the host is out of hearing range of the device's alerts.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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To maintain the immersive illusion, Iñárritu eschewed traditional hanging fabric.—
Robert Lang,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2026
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Leaving either of those bare was a topic of discussion, Carney says; a trade-off between the goal of paying homage to Steinway’s legacy and getting enough hanging space.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
9 Feb. 2026
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 11 Mar. 2026.
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