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as in to relax
to sleep lightly or briefly
decided to let the kids nap for a few more minutes before waking them
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Recent Examples of nap
Bill Hoogterp, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2025
Maybe even sneak in something that feels like a long winter’s nap.
—Mark Glende, Twin Cities, 15 Oct. 2025
Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Some of us were napping before our long night of high school coverage and ran a little late to the Baylor-CPA game.
—Tyler Palmateer, Nashville Tennessean, 25 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Many tech companies have nap rooms, or CEOs find access to a couch somewhere, for a reason.
—Bill Hoogterp, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2025
Maybe even sneak in something that feels like a long winter’s nap.
—Mark Glende, Twin Cities, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
According to Brown, nap times are becoming less common, so parents with children who still regularly nap leading up to their first year of school should take this into consideration.
—Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Some of us were napping before our long night of high school coverage and ran a little late to the Baylor-CPA game.
—Tyler Palmateer, Nashville Tennessean, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nap
Verb
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The Athmile Wide-Leg Sweatpants, which shoppers love for traveling, running errands, and relaxing at home, have a super-soft fleece lining and pockets big enough for smartphones.—
Sian Babish,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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Take time to relax and enjoy yourself.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
20 Oct. 2025
Verb
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If your smartwatch tracking every heartbeat and sleep cycle hasn’t already given you health anxiety, Kohler wants to mess you up in a new way.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Oct. 2025
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Inmates slept one to a cell and urinated in buckets.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The pillows are also resistant to shifting and lumping, so the filling will remain evenly balanced, providing a reliably cozy place to rest your head every night.—
Melody Kazel,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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The bronze statue, commissioned by the owner of baby products brand Frida and sculpted by Rayvenn Shaleigha D’Clark, depicts a topless woman, holding her baby in one arm, while the other rests on her hip.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The actress had a hard time slumbering after her week one mistakes, and now she’s expected to do a cartwheel into splits after tearing her hamstring?—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
23 Sep. 2025
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Pearsall helped get San Francisco’s slumbering offense, playing without injured wideout Jauan Jennings, moving in the third quarter, then turned in the best catch of his career in the fourth.—
The Athletic NFL Staff,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Now, the cat and dog duo can spend all their time playing and snoozing side by side.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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At the Snow Mountain Ranch at the YMCA in Winter Park, Colorado, your family can snooze the night away in a yurt featuring one queen bed and two sets of bunk beds, accommodating up to six people.—
Lynn O'Rourke Hayes,
Boston Herald,
28 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The couple dozed like babies in the leaves—that cry, that wail, had become their sleep trigger.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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Rather, the protagonist dozes right through it.—
John Swansburg,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Nap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nap. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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