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Recent Examples of hibernation
Illustration by Simone Noronha Every year, around early November, daylight-saving time kicks in—and my serotonin suddenly goes into hibernation.
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Hilton Als, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
Climate change has also been cited as a factor because of its effect on food supply and hibernation patterns.
—Peter Guo, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2025
For this study, researchers set up thermal and infrared cameras to keep tabs on two bat hibernation sites in the towns of Segeberg and Lüneburg-Kalkberg, Germany.
—Sarah Durn, Popular Science, 30 Oct. 2025
Now, outside their natural habitat, the beetles turn to the nooks and crannies of modern homes and structures for winter hibernation.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 29 Oct. 2025
The Cincinnati Reds have largely been in hibernation mode since being quickly dispatched by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the playoffs, but the action will soon pick up steam.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Deep sleepers will appreciate the gradual wakeup 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, 21 Oct. 2025
At some hibernation sites, a shocking 90 to 100 percent of bats have died, and there currently is no cure.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
Our family went into a sort of hibernation for several months, mourning and trying to deal with the sadness of the situation.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025
Hilton Als, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
Climate change has also been cited as a factor because of its effect on food supply and hibernation patterns.
—Peter Guo, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2025
For this study, researchers set up thermal and infrared cameras to keep tabs on two bat hibernation sites in the towns of Segeberg and Lüneburg-Kalkberg, Germany.
—Sarah Durn, Popular Science, 30 Oct. 2025
Now, outside their natural habitat, the beetles turn to the nooks and crannies of modern homes and structures for winter hibernation.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 29 Oct. 2025
The Cincinnati Reds have largely been in hibernation mode since being quickly dispatched by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the playoffs, but the action will soon pick up steam.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Deep sleepers will appreciate the gradual wakeup 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, 21 Oct. 2025
At some hibernation sites, a shocking 90 to 100 percent of bats have died, and there currently is no cure.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
Our family went into a sort of hibernation for several months, mourning and trying to deal with the sadness of the situation.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hibernation
Noun
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Clocks fell back an hour on Sunday morning and many people may have enjoyed an extra hour of slumber.—
NPR,
NPR,
2 Nov. 2025
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The Avalanche power play woke up from its slumber Tuesday night.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This gas then erupts from the shell of the comet, casting off solid dust and growing the halo around a comet, the coma, and its characteristic cometary tail.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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When a comet approaches the Sun, its ices heat up and vaporize, releasing gas and dust that form a glowing coma (a halo around the nucleus) and sometimes a tail that always points away from the Sun.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The principle of relativity would later show up in Newton’s work as his first law of motion, where an object at rest would remain at rest and an object in motion would remain in constant motion, and would do so forever, unless and until either of them was acted upon by an outside (net) force.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Nov. 2025
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That is empowering — better rest is in your control.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Though the idiom of abuse has changed, the critics are as hostile as ever, while their targets react only with curious torpor.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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As for Farrell, rarely has a pathological abdication of responsibility been so uncannily conveyed; he’s well matched by his The Beguiled co-star, Nicole Kidman, who cuts through the body-snatcher torpor of the material with her growing rage and panic.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But Hollub, for one, was not losing any sleep over it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Healthy sleep hygiene involves limiting light exposure, screen time and consumption of food and alcohol in the few hours before bed.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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One issue is that hypnosis has long been viewed as a form of entertainment, a stage show with a hypnotist and an audience, which can give viewers a sense that hypnosis is something done to you rather than a process that a person is led through.—
Rustin Dodd,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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In other words, an irresistible hypnosis for cinephiles.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Hibernation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hibernation. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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