as in unwearied
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as in relaxed
to refrain from labor or exertion
a beach resort that caters to gung ho exercisers and athletes as well as vacationers who just want to rest
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as in slept
to be in a state of sleep
the patient is currently resting, but as soon as he awakes, I'll tell him you called
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as in based
to find a basis
you're resting your argument on a faulty premise
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Recent Examples of rested
Michael Santoli, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2025
The two annual Bird Day hosts are back rested for the Precarious Bowl, with Detroit and Dallas opening Week 14 sitting eighth and ninth in the jockeying for seven NFC playoff spots.
—Miami Herald, 3 Dec. 2025
Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
But the foundation of the pitch rested on preparation.
—Sam McDowell February 13, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
Reaching a decisive new record from here would turn a chart that appears stalled to one that could plausibly be identified as a rested and somewhat rebalanced tape.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2025
The two annual Bird Day hosts are back rested for the Precarious Bowl, with Detroit and Dallas opening Week 14 sitting eighth and ninth in the jockeying for seven NFC playoff spots.
—Miami Herald, 3 Dec. 2025
Verb
King’s ability to hold this tension rested on a moral tradition that rejects false binaries.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
But the foundation of the pitch rested on preparation.
—Sam McDowell February 13, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rested
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Overcoming multiple hardships and handicaps at a young age, Carson by self-discipline and unwearied labors became a master neurosurgeon, secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and a model father.—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
9 Aug. 2024
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Its humor, fun, stories, and unwearied explanations count for plenty.—
Rebecca Coffey,
Forbes,
3 Oct. 2022
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The State Department later, relaxed its warning for certain areas.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026
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Below the outpost on the hill, around the multiplying fires, families of cultures just as alien to the outsiders relaxed in shelters of poles and bark ripped from huge pines.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Feb. 2026
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For this story, our editors and contributors tested their luxury pillows in their own homes for at least a month (our minimum testing time frame), but most of them have been slept on for nearly six months to get a true gauge of how these models hold up over time.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
19 Feb. 2026
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Santos attacked Kok last, as the elderly man slept nearby on Doyers St.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2026
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This article was generated by software that analyzes National Weather Service warnings and advisories and creates an article based on templates created by humans.—
Southern California Weather Report,
Daily News,
22 Feb. 2026
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Trump is suing for $5 billion, alleging political discrimination, while JPMorgan says the closures were based on legal and ‘reputational’ risks.—
Ken Sweet,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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The Mayor ad-libbed gamely, the children basked in adult attention, and, as the proceedings concluded, Shapiro-Barnum started to clap.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2026
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In the decade to come, Jackson basked in celebrity and international travel, including a controversial meeting with Yasser Arafat.—
Johanna Neuman,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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As the graph below shows, his Chelsea side played a high-intensity style predicated on suffocating the opposition far up the pitch and turning high possession regains into quality chances.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2026
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This is predicated on the bedrock principle that boards of directors are entrusted to oversee management of companies and are best equipped to decide how to balance company objectives, not single-purpose organizations who see everything through a narrow, black or white decision-making prism.—
Robert Profusek,
Fortune,
11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The resurrected Christ is known by his wounds; in Homer, Odysseus is recognized on his return home by the scar on his leg.—
Dan Turello,
New Yorker,
10 Jan. 2026
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Engineered and built to standards of performance, safety, fit, and finish unapproachable during its first life, the resurrected Allard—which has a body in fiberglass and not in aluminum— is a visually accurate interpretation of the 1950s-era original, though not dimensionally identical.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
26 Nov. 2025
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“Rested.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rested. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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