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resting

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noun

resting

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verb

present participle of rest

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Recent Examples of resting
Adjective
Taking minoxidil orally can support the hair follicle cycle and trigger anagen (the resting phase) prematurely. Jessie Quinn, Flow Space, 23 Sep. 2025 During the resting phase, hair stops growing and will shed, or fall out. Jessica Swirble, Verywell Health, 10 July 2025 Green Bay could finish as high as sixth in the NFC if the resting Rams lose to the 49ers, potentially setting up a first-round matchup against the division-rival Lions. Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2024 In this condition, a lot of the hairs all over the scalp going into the resting phase all at once–this is seen clinically as an abrupt significant increase in shedding. Tatjana Freund, ELLE, 4 Aug. 2023 More muscle means more metabolically demanding muscle cells, which translates into a higher resting metabolism. Emily Willingham, Scientific American, 14 June 2023 After the breathing exercise, class ends with five minutes of Savasana, the Sanskrit name for the resting and restorative period when practitioners lie supine to relax, regroup, and calm the nervous system. Andi Breitowich, Men's Health, 1 May 2023 This is likely because hair follicles are cut off from their blood supply and forced into a resting phase prematurely. Marisa Sloan, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2023
Noun
But that’s just where Naomi Odessa Miller-Dawson’s cookie recipe lives, etched in stone at her final resting place at Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery. Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025 Lantern tours of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery are offered throughout the year, spotlighting the final resting places of folks like Andrew Carnegie and Irving himself. Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025 The Aztecs believed that, after death, a person had to make a journey of several years through nine arduous levels in the land of the dead to reach the soul’s final resting place. Sarah Buder, AFAR Media, 8 Oct. 2025 The kangaroo pockets are a comfy resting place for your hands, phone, and more small essentials. Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025 Sleepy Hollow Cemetery The historic Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is the final resting place for about 47,000 individuals, including Irving. Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025 Karl said how much his mother would have liked that, nature forcing us off to the party without a minute to linger over her final resting place. Ann Patchett, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025 But Grant, now 30, also has mixed some into ink, and has a Columbine, Michelle’s favorite flower, tattooed on his left forearm with the coordinates of her final resting place on Holy Cross. Ted Katauskas, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025 Barajas steers away from newer methods like using a diffuser or autoclave in her process and uses American whiskey barrels for the product’s 6-month resting process. Carley Rojas Ávila, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
Arctic seals rely on sea ice for breeding and raising their pups, as well as for moulting, resting and accessing foraging areas. Doyle Rice, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025 More recently, older adults who practiced Japanese walking for five months showed improvements in resting blood pressure, lower-limb muscle strength and VO2 max, a key indicator of cardiovascular fitness and aerobic endurance, according to a 2025 study by a different group of scientists. Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025 Now, the entire series could be resting on the right arm of future Hall of Famer Max Scherzer. Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025 At the event, Madonna and her daughter also had a sweet moment on the carpet, with Lourdes air-kissing her mother and Madonna resting her head on her daughter's shoulder. Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025 After all, many players on this roster were there in 2023, when Baltimore won 10 of 11 games before resting their starters in the regular-season finale to ensure playoff health. Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025 In Gainesville, the anticipation couldn’t be any higher, especially with Florida football resting at 2-4. Noah White, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025 Tomasek’s power play misses After Demko gloved his shot from the slot, David Tomasek bent over with his stick resting across his knees and bowed his head. Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025 My depression doesn’t look like the stereotypes of a woman with a resting sad face. Ashley Womble, SELF, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resting
Noun
  • The outpouring was probably what helped reverse the dino-napping.
    Aishvarya Kavi, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Grand Patio Outdoor Bean Bag Chair Get super comfy with this elevated outdoor beanbag chair, which features a sturdy steel frame and cloud-like cushions that are perfect for napping, reading, or suntanning.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The boy band were basking in their 2008 reunion when Blue Bloods came along.
    Leena Tailor, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
  • On Friday, Las Vegas finished its 2025 climb with a trophy in hand, basking in the view from the top of the WNBA.
    Ben Pickman, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In the quiet hush of the neonatal intensive care unit at Shahjahanpur Medical College, the only constant sound was the monotone of the heart monitor, its low hum keeping watch over the baby sleeping inside the sterile incubator.
    Aishwarya S. Iyer, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Interestingly, men seemed more affected than women—sleeping about 50 minutes less overall.
    Clarissa Brincat, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • According to the Payscale report, 63% of employers saw an increase in employees basing their salary requests on inaccurate or unverified data this year.
    Sophie Caldwell, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
  • One is that basing a new party on a single foreign-policy issue is a mistake—whether the Iraq War in 2004 or Palestine now.
    Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • A lot of people are asleep, and many are upset about what’s going on in the White House, Michael Curtis of Charlotte said.
    Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The video shows the pup lounging around in various positions in a home setting, from asleep on the floor and over a blanket to playing with a dog toy and lying on the floor with her legs in the air as a hand rubs her belly.
    Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Beyond this, annual flowers such as petunias, marigolds, and zinnias can be used to add bursts of color throughout your beds and borders.
    William Jones, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Run it across the backside of the bed and the wall to be sure to clear dust that might be clinging to the wall of the headboard.
    Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Athmile Wide-Leg Sweatpants, which shoppers love for traveling, running errands, and relaxing at home, have a super-soft fleece lining and pockets big enough for smartphones.
    Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
  • In the past two decades, self-expression has become a tacit expectation in many white-collar workplaces, with dress codes relaxing and companies professing interest in their employees’ lives and values.
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Senior commerce editor Nashia Baker says she feels refreshed and comfortable in any sleep position with this memory foam pillow.
    Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Olly Melatonin Gummies Once again, travel can really disrupt your sleep so to help her wind down for sleep or for sleep support in flight, in a new city or on a new timezone, Case swears by these extra strength melatonin gummies.
    Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Resting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resting. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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