1
as in slept
to be in a state of sleep
the children are catnapping, so please be quiet
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2
as in napped
to sleep lightly or briefly
catnapped for 10 minutes and then went back to work
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For this story, our editors and contributors tested their luxury pillows in their own homes for at least a month (our minimum testing time frame), but most of them have been slept on for nearly six months to get a true gauge of how these models hold up over time.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
31 Oct. 2025 -
Rochelle had spent all night at the hospital with sick kids and slept less than an hour.—
Jayme Fraser,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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The deep seat is just asking to be napped on.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
23 Oct. 2025
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People between 50 and 60 years old who got six hours of sleep nightly had a higher risk of dementia later in life, while older adults who didn't sleep well at night, but napped often, had a greater risk of dying within the next five years.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
17 Oct. 2025
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America’s power has never rested solely on its armies or its markets but on an idea—the sense that this country, for all its flaws, represented something higher.—
Dan Perry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Mahomes didn’t play in last year’s game there, however, as KC coach Andy Reid rested many starters with the postseason looming.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Catnapped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catnapped. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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