free-floating
adjective
free-float·ing
ˈfrē-ˈflō-tiŋ 
1
a
: floating freely
free-floating vegetation
b
: lacking specific attachment, direction, or purpose
free-floating ideas
2
: felt as an emotion without apparent cause
free-floating anxiety
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Sears even patented a specialized workstation to capture crumbs, which otherwise become free-floating particles in space that pose an aspiration threat and can ruin sensitive equipment.
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Sarah Miller, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
The rope that the fishermen severed was free-floating — as is common with creel gear.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2025
In the third bar, the harmony veers into B major, adding to the unmoored, free-floating atmosphere—matching Dehmel’s image of a town wrapped in nocturnal fog.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
Serving as an introduction to an engaging new artistic voice, the film captures a certain laconic, free-floating malaise and anxiety that are indicative of an emergent generational sensibility.
—Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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Sarah Miller, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
The rope that the fishermen severed was free-floating — as is common with creel gear.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2025
In the third bar, the harmony veers into B major, adding to the unmoored, free-floating atmosphere—matching Dehmel’s image of a town wrapped in nocturnal fog.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
Serving as an introduction to an engaging new artistic voice, the film captures a certain laconic, free-floating malaise and anxiety that are indicative of an emergent generational sensibility.
—Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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free-floating
adjective
free-float·ing
ˈfrē-ˈflōt-iŋ
: felt as an emotion without apparent cause
free-floating anxiety
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