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as in crouching
to sit or recline comfortably or cozily
nestling with her children on the couch
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as in perching
to establish or place comfortably or snugly
we had scarcely nestled the children in their beds when there was a knock at the door
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as in infant
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Recent Examples of nestling
Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 20 Sep. 2025
Layer pumpkins of different sizes, shades, and types, and stagger their height by placing some directly on the porch, others on hay bales, and nestling some into planters.
—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Cottagecore cozy wouldn’t be complete without a quilt, and this one from Brooklinen is on par to nestling into a cotton candy cloud.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 20 Sep. 2025
Layer pumpkins of different sizes, shades, and types, and stagger their height by placing some directly on the porch, others on hay bales, and nestling some into planters.
—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nestling
Verb
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The pets' owner, who goes by u/nessaleigh, had taken to the social-media platform on October 13 to share an image of the two felines snuggling up closely on a bed, despite having only met a few hours earlier.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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Lean it next to the fireplace so that those who are snuggling up next to the fire can also grab an extra layer to sit on and cover up with.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
8 Oct. 2025
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In the nearly two-minute preview, fans get a glimpse at how present her now-fiancé was behind the scenes, at one point crouching underneath the stage and grinning wide as the pop star bends down and kisses him on the cheek.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
13 Oct. 2025
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In Davao City, firefighters were filmed crouching on the ground outside their station, as sirens blared.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Other photos show it while perching on the plant.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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TikTok users were able to see two cats perching over a bathroom sink, which had been filled with tap water.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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That's when Hausman, with an infant to care for, was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic melanoma.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
18 Oct. 2025
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MedGlobal cared for one infant, Rafeef, who weighed just four pounds at birth.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Martin channels Eve from the Old Testament, cuddling up to a big white snake and striking various poses, apple in hand, for the photographer Ryan McGinley.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
14 Oct. 2025
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In this picture, the pair were captured cuddling up in the same spot, facing each other similarly to how humans do.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The city's Department of Finance manages those revenue streams, which include the city’s sales, use and lodging taxes.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
14 Oct. 2025
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The visitors bureau receives most of its revenue from taxes on lodging places and restaurants, which totaled close to $19 million in 2024.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Oct. 2025
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And yet he’s shown up for mayoral forum after mayoral forum, urging residents to embrace a platform that would block many of the mayor’s socially conscious initiatives, like $50 college savings accounts for the city’s newborns.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
19 Oct. 2025
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In the comments section of the post, Cincinnati Zoo fans and attendees celebrated the newborn's moniker.—
Nicholas Rice,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Sam then picks up Emerald and asks for a cuddle, and the pup happily obliges, nuzzling into Sam's neck and relaxing into the hug.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Nestling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nestling. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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