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Recent Examples of recumbent
As is the case with most other recumbent trikes, the rider reclines in a padded seat with a backrest.
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Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 29 Nov. 2024
The equipment isn’t fancy—elliptical machines, recumbent bikes, treadmills—but there’s plenty of it, along with classes, clubs, and tournaments.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2011
Multiple versions are also available, including recumbent bikes for people with mobility issues and bikes with a seat back for people with low back pain.
—Tim Petrie, Dpt, Verywell Health, 5 Mar. 2025
Determined to use your recumbent bike for something other than hanging your clothes?
—Perri Ormont Blumberg, TIME, 28 Feb. 2025
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Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 29 Nov. 2024
The equipment isn’t fancy—elliptical machines, recumbent bikes, treadmills—but there’s plenty of it, along with classes, clubs, and tournaments.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2011
Multiple versions are also available, including recumbent bikes for people with mobility issues and bikes with a seat back for people with low back pain.
—Tim Petrie, Dpt, Verywell Health, 5 Mar. 2025
Determined to use your recumbent bike for something other than hanging your clothes?
—Perri Ormont Blumberg, TIME, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recumbent
Adjective
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The trucks will fan out around it and fire up their measurement tools, which include mobile mesonets to track data like temperature, pressure, and wind speed; mobile Doppler LiDAR to perform a horizontal scan of the tornado at that low level; and Waugh’s blindingly bright hail-camera setup.—
Colleen Hagerty,
Rolling Stone,
27 July 2025
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For the underhand chop, athletes stand on little flat spots on horizontal logs.—
Maayan Silver,
NPR,
25 July 2025
Adjective
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Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT
Updated July 12,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 July 2025
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The discovered manipulation techniques are a reminder of the fact that every system is prone to be gamed; that the very strength of the system – ie.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
Adjective
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So, my ability for my flat serves not only to be coming in at 145 [mph] but also rising above his shoulders is huge.—
Jacob Steinberg,
Baltimore Sun,
26 July 2025
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These include flat bonuses, employee discounts, free meals or admissions, and flexible schedules.—
Sho Dewan,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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“Recumbent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recumbent. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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