as in sofas
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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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 couches
Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 4 June 2026
This can also be used under and behind couches, sinks, cabinets, and cracks, but don't apply it where children or pets can access it.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 4 June 2026
There were cigarette burns in the leather couches and chairs.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 3 June 2026
Around the bar, at tables and on couches, customers enjoy housemade non-alcoholic drinks.
—Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026
Overlooking it is the Market Lane bar, with its deep leather couches and more than 100 kinds of martinis, including an antipodean array featuring everything from bloodlimes to quandongs.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
Halverson crashed on couches all across Fridley.
—Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 28 May 2026
The home was the true heart of our getaway; a space for quiet mornings spent journaling, for cooking together, and for squishing onto one of the many couches sprinkled throughout for late-night conversations.
—Aemilia Madden, Vogue, 27 May 2026
The Knicks will have to buckle down and win two of the next four contests against a scrappy Cleveland Cavaliers team, but the fans will unfortunately have to watch from the comfort of their own couches.
—Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026
Wayne Winegarden, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
The best couches for small spaces are the styles that have a compact silhouette but don’t lack character.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 4 June 2026
This can also be used under and behind couches, sinks, cabinets, and cracks, but don't apply it where children or pets can access it.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 4 June 2026
There were cigarette burns in the leather couches and chairs.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 3 June 2026
Around the bar, at tables and on couches, customers enjoy housemade non-alcoholic drinks.
—Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026
Overlooking it is the Market Lane bar, with its deep leather couches and more than 100 kinds of martinis, including an antipodean array featuring everything from bloodlimes to quandongs.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
Halverson crashed on couches all across Fridley.
—Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 28 May 2026
The home was the true heart of our getaway; a space for quiet mornings spent journaling, for cooking together, and for squishing onto one of the many couches sprinkled throughout for late-night conversations.
—Aemilia Madden, Vogue, 27 May 2026
The Knicks will have to buckle down and win two of the next four contests against a scrappy Cleveland Cavaliers team, but the fans will unfortunately have to watch from the comfort of their own couches.
—Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026
Verb
Instead, the playbook is straightforward – identify a problem, then propose an overly restrictive governing scheme that couches the political favoritism as a beneficial expansion of the regulatory state.
—Wayne Winegarden, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for couches
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Patterned sofas are bold and a big commitment, but Morris decided to jump in.—
Lacey Ramburger,
The Spruce,
31 May 2026
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There’s the grand living room with another side of that fireplace blocked in by plush sofas and the adjacent dining room with its long table and stone underfoot and calamondin trees catching the light.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 May 2026
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But then a heavy beat drops, and the figure crouches down into a duckwalk, moving across the walkway in a low bounce before springing up with the circling arm movements of voguing.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
11 May 2026
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At the other end of the pitch, Robert Lewandowski crouches down on his haunches, eyes looking everywhere and nowhere, their nothingness saying everything.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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Mid-cap play Roger Lee, head of equity strategy at Cavendish, says mid-cap stocks could offer value if oil prices continue to fall, as lower energy prices ease pressure on inflation and interest rate expectations.—
Alex Buckmaster,Michael Considine,
CNBC,
5 June 2026
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Congress has not authorized construction of a memorial arch on the federal land managed by the National Park Service, which Public Citizen, a nonprofit consumer advocacy group, says is a first step required by statute before the government can move forward with construction.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
5 June 2026
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An engineer overhears a sales call where a partner is requesting a specific feature and immediately huddles with the salesperson once the line clicks shut.—
Vikram Joshi,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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The boiler is broken, so Kuhner huddles by a small space heater in his office in the winter.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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The successful bipartisan vote, while largely symbolic, sends a strong message to the administration and expresses the sentiment of the lower chamber.—
Lauren Peller,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
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This article expresses the opinions of the author and is not to be taken as advice to purchase from or invest in the companies mentioned.—
Karl Freund,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Another placard states that, at one point, the driver of the fastest boat in the world lived across from the Sagamore.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
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Once she was medically cleared, Blalock was taken to the Marion County Jail and the affidavit states she was charged with misuse of 911 services, trespassing and possession of not more than 20 grams of marijuana.—
Sean Joseph OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2026
Verb
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Like many workplace phrases, its meaning depends on context, relationship and power.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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Because Survivor 42 followed the same format with all the exact same twists from Survivor 41—Prisoner's Dilemma, goofy phrases, Hourglass twist, Shot in the Dark, Do or Die—along with many of the same challenges, the entire season often felt like a rerun.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 May 2026
Verb
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The villain of the film is an ideology that Benji articulates to Miranda when he’s poised to take control of Runway.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
30 Apr. 2026
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Lori’s speech articulates the fundamental twinship of artists and critics—a reality that has always resisted attempts to drive a wedge between the two.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Couches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/couches. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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