as in drowsiness
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Recent Examples of narcolepsy
Sleep attacks and cataplexy are signs of narcolepsy, but not hypersomnia.
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Mark Gurarie, Health, 3 May 2025
There’s a strong association between narcolepsy and sleep paralysis.3
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—Sanja Jelic, Verywell Health, 28 Apr. 2025
The drugs are most often prescribed to treat A.D.H.D., but they’re also used for conditions like narcolepsy or a binge eating disorder.
—Christina Caron, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
But, Heim’s engine caught a case of automotive narcolepsy, cutting out repeatedly and requiring Heim to reset it.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 23 Mar. 2025
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Mark Gurarie, Health, 3 May 2025
There’s a strong association between narcolepsy and sleep paralysis.3
2.
—Sanja Jelic, Verywell Health, 28 Apr. 2025
The drugs are most often prescribed to treat A.D.H.D., but they’re also used for conditions like narcolepsy or a binge eating disorder.
—Christina Caron, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
But, Heim’s engine caught a case of automotive narcolepsy, cutting out repeatedly and requiring Heim to reset it.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 23 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for narcolepsy
drowsiness
Noun
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Against all of this allegedly heady stuff, the score—by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross—intentionally jars us from encroaching drowsiness with chortling woodwinds and shardlike piano chords that are the aural equivalent of jagged Plexiglass off-cuts.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
29 Aug. 2025
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The Institute said the study found that distraction alerts were far more common than drowsiness warnings, which aligns with previous research showing visible drowsiness is quite rare.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
USA Today,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Narcolepsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narcolepsy. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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