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hibernation

noun

Definition of hibernationnext
as in slumber

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Recent Examples of hibernation Disturbing them during this period could lead them to travel to other, lower quality, hibernation sites, putting them at risk during the winter. — Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2026 Losing to the Clippers was the precursor to the Jazz blowing up their team a year later; Utah only came out of hibernation this past summer. — John Hollinger, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026 Manage Stress Stress does a number on your nightly hibernation, so try your best to keep it in check. — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 1 Sep. 2026 Deep sleepers will appreciate the gradual wake-up call from a large catalog of alarm sounds, and an alarm volume that reaches decibels capable of reviving a bear from its hibernation. — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 26 Aug. 2026 On the other extreme, some species of squirrels enter super deep hibernation where their body temperature can go very close to freezing. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 22 Aug. 2026 Those that survived are doing well, fattening up in time not just for fall and hibernation season but … drumroll, please … the very first Fat Marmot Week. — Brittany Peterson, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026 Shortly after IndieWire left, Gomez put on the bear costume and worked the sidewalk to celebrate the Bruin coming out of hibernation. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hibernation
  1. slumber
  2. coma
  3. rest
  4. torpor
  5. sleep
  6. hypnosis
Noun
  • If only professional old salt Wyck (Stephen Root) would quit with the doomsday prophecies about the fog being a sign of the island waking from malevolent slumber.
    — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Nothing good is supposed to happen that late, except when otherworldly tennis players choose the early hours to awaken from their slumber.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of slumber
Noun
  • The condition can then lead to stiff neck, seizures and coma, and usually causes death within five days, the NCDHHS stated.
    — Adam England, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Of course, a coma is not the only feature that forms as a comet approaches the sun.
    — Rahul Rao, Space.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of coma
Noun
  • Crews still need rest, while tanks still require ammunition and maintenance.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2026
  • And rest assured, there are those who will be reluctant to drop him now.
    — Gary Davenport, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of rest
Noun
  • Guglielmo wondered whether godwits did something similar, even though hanging motionless in a torpor seems pretty different from flying.
    — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
  • For all its characteristic restraint and formal diligence, Killing Spree is a book that wants to make noise, to cut through the dead air with cries of grief and rage, undoing our own savage torpor.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of torpor
Noun
  • The researchers learned that parents were concerned by low-flying helicopter noise disrupting their children’s sleep and affecting their brain health.
    — Caroline Montojo, STAT, 14 Sep. 2026
  • For instance, one study found that sleeptalkers get more than an hour and a half less sleep per night and roughly half as much REM sleep as nonsleeptalkers.
    — Michael R. Nadorff, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of sleep
Noun
  • Emmy Brunner’s residential retreats combine hypnosis and somatic practice.
    — Anita Bhagwandas, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Over the following five weeks, four more episodes follow him through regression hypnosis, a naked woodland cult and a flotation tank, trailed by a life coach played by comedian Will Hislop, whose credentials came from Instagram.
    — Maureen Kerr, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of hypnosis

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