as in to relax
to refrain from labor or exertion
we blissfully basked at the seashore over the long holiday
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Recent Examples of bask
The video opens with Earle lounging by the beach, basking in the sun.
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Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 13 May 2026
The resort-style pool’s sun shelf provides the perfect perch for basking in the sun or for children to splash in the shallow water, while surrounding decks offer umbrellas and chaises.
—Pulte Homes, Miami Herald, 11 May 2026
Recognizing two per year — or, perhaps, one for radio work and another for television work — would increase the chances that a winner lives to bask in the career-capping spotlight.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 8 May 2026
Pope basked in their friendship.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2026
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Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 13 May 2026
The resort-style pool’s sun shelf provides the perfect perch for basking in the sun or for children to splash in the shallow water, while surrounding decks offer umbrellas and chaises.
—Pulte Homes, Miami Herald, 11 May 2026
Recognizing two per year — or, perhaps, one for radio work and another for television work — would increase the chances that a winner lives to bask in the career-capping spotlight.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 8 May 2026
Pope basked in their friendship.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bask
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Indigenous peoples in the area have been coming there for 1000s of years to soak and take advantage of the waters, and so there’s been a hotel or some manner of resort there since the late eighteen hundreds, welcoming people to come and take the waters and relax and enjoy.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
15 May 2026
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In Finland, some of the most sincere and open conversations happen inside and between sauna sessions, when everyone is relaxed and stripped of egos, titles and status.—
Brad Japhe,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Internationally, however, the film’s distribution prospects rest largely on Cotillard, also burdened with the heaviest dramatic lifting to do as the stricken, unworldly protagonist who bridges the film’s two improbably connected realms.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
18 May 2026
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The good news is the Knicks making quick work of the Sixers granted a lot of time for Anunoby and the Knicks to rest.—
Tony Jones,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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“Bask.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bask. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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