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Recent Examples of recumbent
Wayward wastes absolutely no time getting started with an episode that features a midnight kidnapping, a murder, and Toni Collette riding a recumbent bike like some modern-day Wicked Witch.
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Erin Qualey, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Multiple versions are also available, including recumbent bikes for people with mobility issues and bikes with a seat back for people with low back pain.
—Tim Petrie, Verywell Health, 24 Sep. 2025
Our parents were up the sand, loose and recumbent, snacking on octopus jerky and reading aloud journal entries my great-great-great-great-grandfather kept as his family traversed the territory to homestead a new life.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The recumbent chair and whining drill, the blinding lights and masked faces overhead, the needle, the spit basin, and the X-ray film clamped between your teeth—every detail seems designed to inflame our fears.
—Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
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Erin Qualey, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Multiple versions are also available, including recumbent bikes for people with mobility issues and bikes with a seat back for people with low back pain.
—Tim Petrie, Verywell Health, 24 Sep. 2025
Our parents were up the sand, loose and recumbent, snacking on octopus jerky and reading aloud journal entries my great-great-great-great-grandfather kept as his family traversed the territory to homestead a new life.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The recumbent chair and whining drill, the blinding lights and masked faces overhead, the needle, the spit basin, and the X-ray film clamped between your teeth—every detail seems designed to inflame our fears.
—Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recumbent
Adjective
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In the Apple Podcasts app, users will be able to switch between watching and listening to shows, as is the case on Spotify, potentially setting them up as a more direct competitor Users can watch video from within the app and move to horizontal full display and download videos to watch offline.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Feb. 2026
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With blonde horizontal stripes dyed into her black hair and a piercing in her upper lip, the 20-year-old Liu is putting an alternative spin on figure skating.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Without prioritizing muscle health that helps combat the metabolic effects of lower estrogen, women are more prone to metabolic dysfunction.—
Alexa Mikhail,
Flow Space,
13 Feb. 2026
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Galanti said that uncertainty is why infrequent travelers are often more prone to anxiety than experienced ones.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Its flat side can be used for outlining; its fine tip fills in sparse areas with hairlike strokes; and the broad side of the tip applies wider strokes as needed.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
19 Feb. 2026
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Potential applications include balconies, flat roofs and other concrete parts where compact strengthening solutions are necessary.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Recumbent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recumbent. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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