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Can hear a banana peel from across the room in the middle of REM [rapid eye movement sleep].
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Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
Stages of sleep Sleep is classified into periods of rapid eye movement (REM) and non-rapid eye movement (NREM).
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2025
The stimulation can include rapid eye movements, during which a person tracks the movements of a finger, ball, or some sort of stimulus with their eyes, tapping, or auditory cues.
—Audrey Noble, Vogue, 23 June 2025
Most of our dreams, especially vivid ones, happen during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 3 June 2025
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Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
Stages of sleep Sleep is classified into periods of rapid eye movement (REM) and non-rapid eye movement (NREM).
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2025
The stimulation can include rapid eye movements, during which a person tracks the movements of a finger, ball, or some sort of stimulus with their eyes, tapping, or auditory cues.
—Audrey Noble, Vogue, 23 June 2025
Most of our dreams, especially vivid ones, happen during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rapid eye movement
dreaming
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Advertisement Meanwhile, beta blocker medications tend to reduce REM sleep, which is when most dreaming occurs, but research has found that they are associated with an increase in nightmares.—
Stacey Colino,
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3 Nov. 2025
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How to lucid dream Interested in trying out lucid dreaming for yourself?—
Hannah Yasharoff,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Rapid eye movement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rapid%20eye%20movement. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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