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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sedated
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British explorer Colonel Percy Fawcett, who wandered the Amazon for 22 years at the beginning of the 20th century before vanishing without a trace, wrote that the breath of the anaconda stupefied its prey.—
Stanley Stewart,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026 -
Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone‘s doom-laden black comedy-thriller Bugonia stupefied and delighted the Venice Film Festival on Thursday night, drawing a rousing six-minute standing ovation after its world premiere inside the Italian water city’s Sala Grande cinema.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Aug. 2025
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No, but really, the military has relaxed some of their standards around aesthetics or other standards that kept some qualified people out, like tattoos.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Mar. 2026
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The apparent corner-cutting illustrates how top brass at Florida’s flagship law school relaxed longstanding safeguards to fast-track the state’s top legal official into its classrooms — even as Republican leaders in Tallahassee demand greater transparency and oversight of university instruction.—
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2026
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Duque Hebbert relieved in the fifth and allowed Acuña’s RBI single after William Contreras reached on an error and Gleyber Torres walked.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
10 Mar. 2026
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California workers may be relieved to learn that per-capita incomes moved somewhat in step with oil prices and inflation.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Sedated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sedated. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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