1
as in leaning
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2
as in sleeping
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reclining
Adjective
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Our parents were up the sand, loose and recumbent, snacking on octopus jerky and reading aloud journal entries my great-great-great-great-grandfather kept as his family traversed the territory to homestead a new life.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
25 Aug. 2025 -
Plus, recumbent bikes are the better choice for folks recovering from an injury.—
Sara Coughlin,
SELF,
1 July 2025
Verb
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Best known for its custom furniture and traditional-leaning aesthetic, The Inside, like Havenly, was also female-founded.—
Amanda Lauren,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Old Fort is a town of 800 that was leaning heavily into outdoor recreation as an economic anchor before Hurricane Helene hit.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
16 Sep. 2025
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Even modest circadian misalignment, characterized by sleeping and waking at hours that are out of sync with your body's clock, has been shown in Scientific Reports to impair sustained attention and reduce the ability to learn and assimilate new information.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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The researchers were surprised to find that participants with chronic insomnia who reported sleeping more than usual had fewer white matter spots in the brain — areas where small vessel disease may have damaged brain tissue, which have been linked to cerebrovascular disease.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Gave up a field-tilting play defensively and missed a field goal.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
16 Sep. 2025
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In traditional builds, this allows your PCI Express cards to be inserted straight down into the slot, rather than tilting the card and finessing its bracket through a rear-panel hole.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Chaos erupted as people on board had to scramble onto the sloping deck.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Yet the vertical bow, panoramic windows, and sloping stern form a design language instantly recognizable within the superyacht landscape.—
Julia Zaltzman,
Robb Report,
31 Aug. 2025
Verb
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In footage shared on social media, verified by Reuters, the large bridge can be seen slanting to one side with people below.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Sun slanting through tree line.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
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However, astronomers hope future observations will help shed light on these snoozing star factories.—
Shreejaya Karantha,
Space.com,
11 Aug. 2025
Verb
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This is frustrating, because tipping points are the dramatic changes that could be immediately relevant to people today or their children or their children’s children.—
Gregory Barber,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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Trump himself has thus far avoided tipping his hand.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Reclining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reclining. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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