bedtime story

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Recent Examples of bedtime story The bedtime story market is also getting more crowded. Katherine Laidlaw, HubSpot, 14 Nov. 2025 Reading a bedtime story to your child is a tradition that goes beyond bonding time. Felicia Faber, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025 As a bedtime story, Demerzel tells Day of her past names, like Chetter, Daneel, and Eto. Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2025 It’s designed for deeper, more natural exchanges, whether that’s cooking with whatever’s in your fridge, troubleshooting why the dishwasher won’t drain or spinning up a personalized bedtime story. Paul Lamkin, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bedtime story
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedtime story
Noun
  • And because Mary Lavin is working with the short story rather than the novel, what happens in her fiction must have the noise of delicacy and then a fierce or piercing after-effect.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Mar. 2026
  • My novels are in a major key, but my short stories tend to be in a minor key.
    Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 28 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The company pointed to higher regional emission factors, lower utilization and yarn operation consolidation for causing a temporary setback in carbon reduction.
    Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Turns out that something was a colorful batch of soft yarn Haley would crochet into a small, tentacled octopus.
    ABC News, ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The book’s primary characters are fictional, but many names (CPS, Bennett) are not, and the narrative itself weaves in actual texts and emails that flew between real participants.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026
  • This is partly why, even at just 30 years old, Chalamet entered this Oscar season with a persuasive narrative to go all the way.
    David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 4 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Williams is the oldest woman to compete in an Australian Open singles draw, recently surpassing a 2015 record.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • But court records and evidence presented during the preliminary hearing this week indicated that his then-wife and the roommates were also involved in the boy’s killing.
    Alex Brizee March 5, Idaho Statesman, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • During the upcoming parliamentary meeting this year, policymakers are also expected to release details of a new five-year development plan, the 15th such program in China's modern history.
    Evelyn Cheng,Anniek Bao, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The United States is producing more oil than any country in the history of the planet.
    Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 4 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The show is equal parts a fairy tale about the era’s cityscape and interiors.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The fairy tale is over — at least for now.
    Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2026

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“Bedtime story.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedtime%20story. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.

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