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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lying (down)
sleeping
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In the quiet hush of the neonatal intensive care unit at Shahjahanpur Medical College, the only constant sound was the monotone of the heart monitor, its low hum keeping watch over the baby sleeping inside the sterile incubator.—
Aishwarya S. Iyer,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025 -
Interestingly, men seemed more affected than women—sleeping about 50 minutes less overall.—
Clarissa Brincat,
Popular Science,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Lying (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lying%20%28down%29. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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