as in dreaming
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Recent Examples of rapid eye movement
The lightest of the four phases of sleep, known as N1 (for non-rapid eye movement stage one), can also yield profound cognitive benefits.
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 8 Aug. 2025
Can hear a banana peel from across the room in the middle of REM [rapid eye movement sleep].
—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
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 8 Aug. 2025
Can hear a banana peel from across the room in the middle of REM [rapid eye movement sleep].
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rapid eye movement
dreaming
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This is a powerful stellium for community-building, collective dreaming, and unconventional collaboration.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
30 Dec. 2025
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Kasdan, who grew up in West Virginia dreaming of becoming a filmmaker, chose the University of Michigan in the late 1960s as his first step toward that goal.—
Julie Hinds,
Freep.com,
16 Dec. 2025
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“Rapid eye movement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rapid%20eye%20movement. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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