hibernation

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hibernation
Noun
  • The Yankees awakened from their offensive slumber in Thursday afternoon’s 7-3 win over the Los Angeles Angels in the Bronx to snap a season-worst six-game losing streak.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 19 June 2025
  • Festa wasn’t woken from his slumber until some time in the 8 o’clock hour when director of player development Drew MacPhail banged on his apartment door.
    Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • One of the surviving passengers sustained a severe brain injury in the crash and was in a coma for four months.
    Peter D'Abrosca, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2025
  • Two people have died and a police officer is in a coma with a further 192 injured following disorder after Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League victory, French authorities have said.
    Colin Millar, New York Times, 1 June 2025
Noun
  • But the true measure of a Southerner’s beach-cooler-packing prowess rests in the glorious presence of one all-essential item: Fried chicken.
    Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 20 June 2025
  • Find shade, rest, and use cool, damp cloths to lower your body temperature.
    Brian Bossak, The Conversation, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • In the mid-to-late ’70s, when New York was sunk into the torpor of potential economic ruin, the city was fabled in another way.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Apr. 2025
  • There are many reasons why putting humans into torpor for long-duration spaceflight is a good idea.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 15 Sep. 2016
Noun
  • Roberts died at 90 years old in her sleep from natural causes in April 2016.
    Rachel Flynn, People.com, 21 June 2025
  • After cutting edge surgery Angela Sutphin is without excruciating pain in her right arm and can get a full night’s sleep.
    Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • Bilingual and results-driven, the RESET Method blends neuroscience, therapeutic hypnosis, and personal development into a practical path to inner freedom.
    Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 28 May 2025
  • In early March 2024, McIlroy experimented with hypnosis.
    Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
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“Hibernation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hibernation. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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