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as in mattress
a place set aside for sleeping
the sofa in the living room will be your bed for the night
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as in sleep
a natural periodic loss of consciousness during which the body restores itself
I always brush my teeth and floss before going to bed
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as in to sleep
to go to one's bed in order to sleep
the campers all bedded down for the night around 9:00 p.m.
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as in to lodge
to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter
a walkway of flagstones firmly bedded in the earth
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Recent Examples of bed
New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2024
Try to get up earlier and go to bed earlier each day for the week prior to travel.
—Judy Koutsky, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2024
Focus on bedding cover, rubs, scrapes, and trails leading back into cover.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Roto-Pax holders are located on the sides of the truck bed to hold additional water and gasoline.
—New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2024
Try to get up earlier and go to bed earlier each day for the week prior to travel.
—Judy Koutsky, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Verb
In most of those incidents, which took place from 2012 to 2022, bedding material was added to the product and the babies were unrestrained.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2024
Focus on bedding cover, rubs, scrapes, and trails leading back into cover.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bed
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Even big ticket purchases, like a $2,000 mattress set, would trigger sticker shock.Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 4 Nov. 2024
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The group will shut down American Freight, which sells furniture, mattresses, new and out-of-box home appliances and home accessories at discount prices.David Moin, WWD, 4 Nov. 2024
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The amenity floor itself is intended to make up for the size constraints inherent to even the most luxurious instances of city living.Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 13 Nov. 2024
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Xue explained that pelvic floor muscles coordinate a significant amount of bowel movement and work with the rest of the body to ensure stool comes out smoothly.CNN.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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Be aware of how media habits may be affecting your sleep or mood.Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Owen’s Blanche, battered by life, looked in desperate need of a good night’s sleep.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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The filing also details a debt repurchase program, with the company retiring $31,100,000 in principal of its senior notes during the quarter.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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Just like the Apple Magic Mouse and Magic Keyboard, the Apple Magic Trackpad is receiving a minor update this year, with Apple finally retiring the Lightning port and replacing it with a USB-C port.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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Hispanic woman, 19, shot in upper back, lodged in the cheek 9.Paradise Afshar, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
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Catherine and Stephen are playing things out together, from her first message left on his answering machine to her open-handed message lodged on his left cheek.Ben Travers, IndieWire, 1 Nov. 2024
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Instead, the two friends sit on the couch with beer and uncertain futures as the episode ends.Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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Uber Eats: Voters who can’t leave the couch while watching the results roll in on Tuesday night deserve a deal, too.Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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The Galaxy and Revolution were both at the bottom of the league table when Arena took over.Harold Gutmann, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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An American World War II warship that played a key role in Allied campaigns in the Pacific has been discovered at the bottom of the Indian Ocean more than 80 years after it was sunk.Patrick Smith, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
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As the quiet residential neighborhood slumbers, Faith (Nikki Hahn) and Ryan (Brandon Butler) fight for their lives like the horny kids in Halloween.Judy Berman, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
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That’s a fantastic turn of events for anyone who used REITs’ prolonged slumber to buy in earlier this year.Brett Owens, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
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“Bed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bed. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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