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as in perched
to come to rest after descending from the air
pigeons flying home to roost on the roof
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as in lodged
to establish or place comfortably or snugly
a gang of friends had roosted themselves around the ski lodge's massive fireplace
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Recent Examples of roosted
Two lovers embraced in a curtained room, while a white peacock roosted on a ledge.
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Dennis Zhou, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025
Exposure often happens during activities like remodeling old buildings or clearing areas where birds have roosted.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 9 Dec. 2025
Dennis Zhou, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025
Exposure often happens during activities like remodeling old buildings or clearing areas where birds have roosted.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 9 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roosted
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The restaurant is perched above the casino on the second floor, next to a food hall that boasts lobster rolls, burgers, pizza, sushi and, yes, tacos.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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By 2024, his team had mapped nearly all of an enormous reef off the Carolina coast, perched a thousand metres down.—
Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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In 13 years, not a single ethics complaint by any staff in his office or any other office has ever been lodged.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Apr. 2026
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In 13 years, not a single ethics complaint by any staff in his office or any other office has ever been lodged.—
Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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The moment the plane landed, a mob poured onto the runway and began chasing it by jeep, by motorbike, and on foot.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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All My Sons also landed the award for Best Revival this evening in London.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
12 Apr. 2026
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Known as 40 Duke, the locale is nestled in the upper floors of its historic flagship—with only those at the tippy top of Selfridges’s loyalty program gaining full access.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
10 Apr. 2026
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In the photo, Hat Rack is seen nestled within the weblike Sculpture for Traveling (1918), a net of rubber shower caps cut up and glued together that Duchamp took on a trip to Buenos Aires.—
Howard Halle,
ARTnews.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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Bloom has already positioned hundreds of megawatts of fuel cells through deals with utilities like American Electric Power and data center developers including Equinix and Oracle.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
13 Apr. 2026
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Some economists believe China has so far been relatively well-positioned in shielding itself from the impacts from the Iran war, which has sent fuel prices surging and is threatening worsening global inflation.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Roosted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roosted. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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