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Recent Examples of futon
For a traditional experience, stay at a ryokan, a Japanese inn featuring tatami-matted rooms, futon bedding, kaiseki (multicourse) meals and onsen baths.
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Vivian Morelli, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2025
Mattresses And Futons Mattresses, box springs, and futons are often contaminated with allergens and pests like bedbugs.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2025
Thirteen different dwellings, a few not much more than a room with a spare foldout couch or futon, and none were dependable.
—Stephanie Land, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
The millennials had no money and no career direction—taking up serving and bartending jobs at local restaurants to make ends meet while crashing on her parents’ futon.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2025
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Vivian Morelli, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2025
Mattresses And Futons Mattresses, box springs, and futons are often contaminated with allergens and pests like bedbugs.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2025
Thirteen different dwellings, a few not much more than a room with a spare foldout couch or futon, and none were dependable.
—Stephanie Land, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
The millennials had no money and no career direction—taking up serving and bartending jobs at local restaurants to make ends meet while crashing on her parents’ futon.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for futon
Noun
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That widens the interior sleeping floor to 55 in (140 cm), which is actually wider than the mattresses in the newest Volkswagen California models.—
C.C. Weiss
May 01,
New Atlas,
1 May 2026
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How to Naturally Increase Growth Hormone During Sleep The Berkeley findings don’t call for a supplement stack or an expensive mattress.—
Allison Palmer,
Sacbee.com,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Inside, there’s an austere bedstead, ladder-back chairs, a cast-iron stove, and a wooden pegboard running along the walls—all sourced from a village near Albany.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
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The substantial rails are inspired by 20th-century iron bedsteads, but the color pop is very much a modern twist.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
1 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Furnish your backyard patio with wood pallet furniture.—
Kristin Hohenadel,
The Spruce,
21 Apr. 2026
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Staff at the Lowe’s on Cornerstone Boulevard in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, stumbled onto the tiny felines while trying to bring down a pallet in the Garden Center.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Ken Smith, an AT&T incident commander, pointed to the vehicles painted in AT&T’s bright blue—the display included trailers outfitted to accommodate kitchens, bunks, and showers—and the smaller array of vehicles in FirstNet black, most sprouting satellite receivers.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PC Magazine,
1 May 2026
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Comey, of course, calls that bunk.—
Chris Brennan,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Incorporate compost into new beds before planting, mix it into containers, scatter it over the lawn or use it in place of mulch.—
Jessica Damiano,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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These accommodations are suitable for single travelers or couples, as the space has a single king-sized bed and doesn’t have a sofa or other furniture that can accommodate a sleeping guest.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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According to Schaffer, in a family room or living room for instance, the sofa legs, chair legs, side tables, coffee tables, everything should be sitting on that rug otherwise everything can look off.—
Sandra Guzman,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
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Sakeena shouted from the sofa, still filled with fire after refusing the lactulose.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 May 2026
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“Futon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/futon. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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