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Recent Examples of floaty
None of this floaty stuff, but getting right in there, with lens flares in the hot sun and lots of flies.
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 12 Feb. 2026
Expect glittering and ultra glamorous gowns via Balmain, Versace, and vintage Galliano for red carpets with husband George, floaty and floral sets for summering in Lake Como, an always impeccable blowout.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 8 Feb. 2026
Both are up to the task, grounding these sometimes floaty proceedings in some human guts and grit.
—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
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 12 Feb. 2026
Expect glittering and ultra glamorous gowns via Balmain, Versace, and vintage Galliano for red carpets with husband George, floaty and floral sets for summering in Lake Como, an always impeccable blowout.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 8 Feb. 2026
Both are up to the task, grounding these sometimes floaty proceedings in some human guts and grit.
—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
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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 inflated globe was light and buoyant.—
Julian Bell,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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Russell showed off some of the vehicle's key features, including a buoyant main body made from syntactic foam, a high performance material designed to withstand enormous pressure while maintaining flotation at massive depths.—
Jacob Wycoff,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Floaty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/floaty. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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