couch potato

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Recent Examples of couch potato The number of active travelers over 60 is growing at a rapid pace as many seniors are shunning the perception of being couch potatoes. Roger Sands, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025 After all, there is a reason why people uninterested in physical activity are often dubbed couch potatoes. Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 3 Sep. 2024 Some people in the audience are weekend warriors, others are couch potatoes, and others are hardened survivalists. Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 30 Aug. 2024 The casual observer and couch potato don’t need to know a thing about obscure scoring systems or the career results of athletes who have spent the past three years largely anonymous. Candace Buckner, Washington Post, 30 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for couch potato
Recent Examples of Synonyms for couch potato
Noun
  • And if there isn’t a card to morph Janeway and Chakotay into slugs I’d be disappointed.
    Curtis Silver, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Questions about Tatis’ lack of slug are legitimate.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Both sides are increasingly using helicopters to shoot down slow-moving long-range drones behind their lines.
    Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The 13-minute show featured over 250 drones creating colorful animations in the sky over Park Avenue in downtown San Jose.
    Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Common pests are aphids, spider mites, whiteflies, Japanese beetles, slugs, and snails.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Rows of blowsy moss-green cabbages, their thick veins silvered with spider webs, the edges of their tougher outer leaves nibbled by slugs and snails.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • This was all done with a bum wrist, which posed as an inconvenience to him at times.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Tommy, left to prosecute the case against Rusty, has inherited a bum gig.
    Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 26 July 2024

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“Couch potato.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/couch%20potato. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.

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