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as in to relax
to sleep lightly or briefly
decided to let the kids nap for a few more minutes before waking them
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Recent Examples of nap
Lori Miller Kase, Parents, 30 Oct. 2024
Feeling down and decide to take a nap to reset before returning to some onboarding tasks.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 23 Oct. 2024
Malia Griggs, Glamour, 21 Oct. 2024
Of course, Spain is the home of the siesta, which is still used by some to nap and others to enjoy a leisurely lunch or afternoon stroll.
—Amelia Mularz, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2024
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Noun
By age 3, some will be ready to give up their afternoon nap as well.
—Lori Miller Kase, Parents, 30 Oct. 2024
Feeling down and decide to take a nap to reset before returning to some onboarding tasks.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 23 Oct. 2024
Verb
Your friend has a couch to (cat) nap on, so why shouldn’t their pet?
—Malia Griggs, Glamour, 21 Oct. 2024
Of course, Spain is the home of the siesta, which is still used by some to nap and others to enjoy a leisurely lunch or afternoon stroll.
—Amelia Mularz, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nap
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Summer days in the high mountains cede to relaxing evenings on the casual confines of Main Street.James Dziezynski, Outside Online, 10 Nov. 2024
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Others will be happy to kick back, relax and sleep in.Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 9 Nov. 2024
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But really, my question here is this: Do doctors really sleep shirtless in the on-call room?Laura Bradley, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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The designer’s team instead partitioned it, with a living area separate from the sleeping area.Nicolas Milon, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2024
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An employee who is secure in their place in the organization can rest assured that they will not be demoralized by someone else swooping in and undermining their decisions or undercutting their authority.Joe Altieri, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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In the meantime, Queen Camilla is resting privately at home under the care of her doctors.Janine Henni, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Volcanoes become restless and then go back to slumbering all the time.Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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The debauchery gets cut short when the vampires struggle to slumber and realize that housekeeping swept away their ancestral dirt.Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2024
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As Diana and Cannon snoozed together, the cat had an undeniable smile on her face.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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And one more day is one more opportunity to stop Bowser from tormenting me for trying to snooze.Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
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All-Star Game and a cute shot of Dunne dozing in the backseat of a car with their puppy Roux.Natasha Dye, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
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As the name suggests, those kinds of power naps are reminiscent of the ways our feline friends seem to laze and doze their entire days away.Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
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“Nap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nap. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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