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Use "floaters" in a sentence
"He never relied on speed; in fact, Merritt often scornfully accused him of being unable to break a pane of glass; he used principally what we called floaters and a change of pace."
""Given that all the government-guaranteed debt from 2009 is maturing in 2011, banks will be able to issue short-term floaters beyond that maturity cliff," said Justin D'Ercole , head of Americas investment-grade syndicate at Barclays Capital."
"They were reserved for the use of "floaters" -i.e. freelancers and stringers and new employees who had not yet merited a space of their own, but nevertheless occasionally needed a place to complete the work they did in-house."