Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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As in, when the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann absorbs the energy from a Beam-O-War twice the power of the Big Bang, the readings go off the scale and float in midair.
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Adam and Jamie's small-scale lead-foil balloon didn't float up specifically because it was too small (as they explained on the show).
Source: Square/Cube Law - Animals Not to Scale: Pyroland features dogs, cats, and hamsters that are very large and also unusually chubby, and float in the sky.
Source: Machinima / Team Fortress 2
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Scale and Float. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/float/scale
Float & Scale. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/float/scale>.
Scale or Float. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/float/scale.
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