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Recent Examples of anesthetized
Future research could help clinicians guide the anesthetized brain toward a sleep-like state, rather than a coma-like one.
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Lucy Nemchek, Hartford Courant, 15 May 2026
But a new study of people in this state suggests the anesthetized brain still picks up sounds, words and even conversations.
—Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 6 May 2026
Other teams soon showed that astrocytes in dishes, brain slices, and even anesthetized animals responded to various neurotransmitters.
—Ingrid Wickelgren, Quanta Magazine, 30 Jan. 2026
The lyrics have the same anesthetized ennui as in emo rap and the new wave of online rock, but the beats are menacingly new and dead-set on defacing your consciousness.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 17 Dec. 2025
The former’s video-game fanfare is a set piece for beef, and the latter’s soulfulness arrives shackled to anesthetized sighs.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
After an anesthetized cockroach is secured on the platform, a motor slides that rig into position, and a computer vision system assesses the insect's body size and position.
—New Atlas, 12 Aug. 2025
Lamb and Smit approach with their gear and check vitals, then begin measuring, sampling and hoisting the grizzly’s anesthetized body into the air in a sling winched to a tree.
—Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025
The responses from the rodent rescuers in aiding anesthetized peers ranged from gentle sniffing and grooming to more forceful actions such as mouth or tongue biting, eventually escalating to pulling the tongue out of the unconscious mouse to clear the airway.
—Discover Magazine, 11 Mar. 2025
Lucy Nemchek, Hartford Courant, 15 May 2026
But a new study of people in this state suggests the anesthetized brain still picks up sounds, words and even conversations.
—Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 6 May 2026
Other teams soon showed that astrocytes in dishes, brain slices, and even anesthetized animals responded to various neurotransmitters.
—Ingrid Wickelgren, Quanta Magazine, 30 Jan. 2026
The lyrics have the same anesthetized ennui as in emo rap and the new wave of online rock, but the beats are menacingly new and dead-set on defacing your consciousness.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 17 Dec. 2025
The former’s video-game fanfare is a set piece for beef, and the latter’s soulfulness arrives shackled to anesthetized sighs.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
After an anesthetized cockroach is secured on the platform, a motor slides that rig into position, and a computer vision system assesses the insect's body size and position.
—New Atlas, 12 Aug. 2025
Lamb and Smit approach with their gear and check vitals, then begin measuring, sampling and hoisting the grizzly’s anesthetized body into the air in a sling winched to a tree.
—Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025
The responses from the rodent rescuers in aiding anesthetized peers ranged from gentle sniffing and grooming to more forceful actions such as mouth or tongue biting, eventually escalating to pulling the tongue out of the unconscious mouse to clear the airway.
—Discover Magazine, 11 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anesthetized
Adjective
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Becka is drugged and married off to Garth (Brad Alexander), the man Agnes is in love with.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
27 May 2026
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After the first injection, Plaintiff appeared drugged on camera.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The boy is stupefied, snot intermingling with the puke dripping from his mouth to his navel.—
Matthew Shen Goodman,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Beat with chilled beaters of a mixer on medium until soft peaks form (tips curl).—
Jessica Saari Christensen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 June 2026
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Some of the brunch buffet options are chilaquiles, waffles, a sausage scramble, chilled shrimp, salmon, mini meatballs, seasonal vegetables, short rib pasta and chicken marsala.—
Carlos Rico,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Anesthetized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anesthetized. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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