as in sofa
a long upholstered piece of furniture designed for several sitters
find yourself a place on the couch and make yourself at home
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as in to say
to convey in appropriate or telling terms
I'm trying to couch this delicately: I don't think we should date anymore
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Recent Examples of couch
Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2025
On top of that, reunion host Tan France attempted to mediate multiple one-on-one confrontations, many of them forcing Stause to defend herself from an entire couch’s worth of criticism.
—Quispe López, Them., 6 Nov. 2025
Mireille Rebeiz, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2025
My nephew declared the living room couch his domain and spent his quiet time watching movies and reading.
—Jasmine Purdie, Parents, 8 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Lewis, the four-star true freshman quarterback out of Georgia, is slated to make his first collegiate start at Milan Puskar Stadium, the land where couches go to die.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2025
On top of that, reunion host Tan France attempted to mediate multiple one-on-one confrontations, many of them forcing Stause to defend herself from an entire couch’s worth of criticism.
—Quispe López, Them., 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
With the most recent idea of a humanitarian corridor couched in the language of protecting Syrian minorities, Israel could be seeking a wider area under more explicit control.
—Mireille Rebeiz, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2025
My nephew declared the living room couch his domain and spent his quiet time watching movies and reading.
—Jasmine Purdie, Parents, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for couch
Noun
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Wrapped in a blanked on the sofa, binging reruns of The Oprah Show on YouTube and gleefully ignoring emails all morning is my idea of heaven.—
Jackie Fields,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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Babies should not sleep in loungers, car seats outside of the car, swings, on an adult’s bed, or on a sofa or chair.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Following the Qianlong Garden, museum officials said Yangxindian (Hall of Mental Cultivation), the residence and administrative office for Qing emperors, is also expected to reopen this year after completing restoration work that started in 2018.—
Fred He,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Darbin Wofford, deputy director of health care for the centrist Democratic group Third Way, said even if there’s an agreement that reopens the government without a subsidy extension, Republicans already own the consequences.—
Nathaniel Weixel,
The Hill,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The exhibition features his maps and sullied backpack, toothbrush, bar of soap, and survival goods, along with photos of him sleeping on park benches, crouching on the banks of the Hudson in front of ice floes, and haunting the city.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
7 Nov. 2025
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After a brief struggle for traction, the robot regained control by crouching slightly, mimicking a human posture to exert force.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Other Party bigwigs expressed disappointment, too, from the progressives Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren to the milquetoast Democratic National Committee leader Ken Martin.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2025
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But a source familiar with the matter said that Isaacman has expressed an intention to partner with whichever company most quickly produces an astronaut-worthy lunar lander.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
10 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Longtime residents can’t forget his iconic image of flamingos huddling in the bathroom for safety against monstrous Hurricane Andrew in August 1992.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Senate Republicans huddled on Friday afternoon after Schumer’s floor speech but seemed to see no immediate path forward.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Johnson’s 55-yard TD run in the third quarter put MidAmerica Nazarene up 31-0.—
The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
9 Nov. 2025
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Younger consumers are, as Veblen might put it, performing taste with efficiency.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Disney and the Shermans understood that the selection of the right actress was crucial, as that would determine, to some extent, how songs and dialogue would be phrased and presented.—
Todd James Pierce,
Air Mail,
1 Nov. 2025
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That’s an interesting way to phrase it, as if the construction and coaching of the team has nothing to do with each week’s outcome.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
28 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Other Considerations for Your Proposal Have some more questions around how to word your engagement?—
Shelby Wax,
Vogue,
31 Oct. 2025
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The 2010 exemption specifically targeted Jackson County and was worded to apply only to charter counties with populations between 600,000 and 700,000 people, a population level Jackson County has now surpassed.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Couch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/couch. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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