Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not committed or decided.
- adjective Experienced without an obvious basis or cause.
- adjective Capable of free movement; not bound.
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Examples
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As a free-floating test for First Amendment coverage, that sentence is startling and dangerous.
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As a free-floating test for First Amendment coverage, that sentence is startling and dangerous.
The Volokh Conspiracy » First Amendment Exceptions and History 2010
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Capital mobility causes plenty of mischief in our overly globalized world, but it's a myth that capital has been denationalized into free-floating ether.
Ian Fletcher: A Review of Ha-Joon Chang's 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism Ian Fletcher 2011
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Katz had an REP in the conversation, not a free-floating 50 foot zone of exclusion around him wherever hewent.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Times Square bombing — where were the cameras? 2010
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Capital mobility causes plenty of mischief in our overly globalized world, but it's a myth that capital has been denationalized into free-floating ether.
Ian Fletcher: A Review of Ha-Joon Chang's 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism Ian Fletcher 2011
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In October, the Australian dollar, which benefits from Chinese demand for Australian mining resources, breached parity with the greenback for the first time since it became a free-floating currency in 1983.
Hot Money Roils Growth Currencies Alex Frangos 2011
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Sarah Palin attracts pointed fingers and free-floating blame the way Dane Cook attracts free-floating jokes.
The Palin principle Alexandra Petri 2011
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I've cleaned it well, checked the free-floating barrel, tightened the stock screws and checked the mounts on the (new) Nikon Monarch 2. 5x10.
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Many experts, however, see a free-floating yuan as a distant prospect.
Experts' View on a Free-Floating Yuan: Slowly but Surely Javier E. David 2011
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Amazingly, there is very little about the free-floating right of privacy.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Health insurance mandate as a privacy right violation 2010
sonofgroucho commented on the word free-floating
As in free-floating anxiety.
February 3, 2007
bilby commented on the word free-floating
*floats*
August 15, 2008