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The phrase "float of" is not a commonly used or grammatically correct construction
It is likely a mistake or a typo for "flood of," which is a much more common phrase meaning a large amount or overwhelming number of something. Here is an example of the correct usage: The store was hit by a flood of customers on the first day of their big sale. Alternatively, "float" can be a verb meaning to hover or glide, or a noun describing a buoyant object on the surface of water. In both cases, "of" would typically follow the action to indicate its object or location. For example: The butterfly floated off the flower. The balloons were released and floated above the parade. In these cases, "float of" could potentially be used as a shortened version of "a float made of" or "a float consisting of," but it would still be a non-standard and potentially confusing construction. It would be clearer to use the full phrase, or to reword the sentence entirely.
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PAYPAL wants the float of a billion cheques.
Garnish with a float of whipped cream on top.
This is not the milk float of eternal jokes.
And it issues a series of indices, properly weighted by the free float of shares.
The answer lies outside Russia, home to many buyers of the free float of these stocks.
In the case of the float of Royal Mail, this was arguably not the case.
As Carson writes in Float of one work by Sappho: "Half the poem is empty space".
The second was a half-inch float of Delirium Tremens, a double-fermented Belgian white beer.
Under new rules companies must have a free float of at least 25% - ENRC has 18%.
The moves marks the largest stock market float of the year so far.
That is more than the public float of 126 million shares.
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