in repose
idiom
formal + literary
: at rest : sleeping
His face in repose is serious and thoughtful.
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The public will be able to pay their respects from Saturday evening to the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 7 at the Carter Presidential Center, where his remains will lie in repose.
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
But in Adams’ dreamlike compositions, Black figures are either in repose sleeping, having a picnic on the beach or in a forest hunting for Easter eggs.
—Leah Dolan, CNN, 19 Feb. 2025
The president-elect also took a shot at former President Jimmy Carter, whose body is lying in repose at the Capitol Rotunda.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 7 Jan. 2025
After his time lying in repose at the Carter Presidential Center, Carter will be taken to Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Jan. 7, when members of Congress will pay their respects during a service in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol.
—Nicholas Rice, People.com, 5 Jan. 2025
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
But in Adams’ dreamlike compositions, Black figures are either in repose sleeping, having a picnic on the beach or in a forest hunting for Easter eggs.
—Leah Dolan, CNN, 19 Feb. 2025
The president-elect also took a shot at former President Jimmy Carter, whose body is lying in repose at the Capitol Rotunda.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 7 Jan. 2025
After his time lying in repose at the Carter Presidential Center, Carter will be taken to Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Jan. 7, when members of Congress will pay their respects during a service in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol.
—Nicholas Rice, People.com, 5 Jan. 2025
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“In repose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20repose. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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