as in sleep
a natural periodic loss of consciousness during which the body restores itself
a toddler looking so innocent and peaceful in slumber
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Recent Examples of slumber
Liam Hess, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2025
The new psychedelic horror game from developer Eyes Out sees players fight off fatal slumber in a panic-riddled dystopian future where falling asleep leads to death.
—Giana Levy, Variety, 2 Dec. 2025
Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 28 Aug. 2025
The late-slumbering parent, meanwhile, can do remote work on their laptop at the table at night while the rest of the family sleeps comfortably.
—New Atlas, 27 Aug. 2025
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Noun
But despite watching over the valley across the decades since, it was eventually abandoned, falling into a peaceful slumber.
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Tragedy in Texas Last month, along the hills of Kerr County in Central Texas, visitors settled into RVs, residents slumbered in homes and summer campers dreamed of fun in the cabins that lace the Guadalupe River.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for slumber
Noun
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As well as testing the various systems on board, the crew will be test subjects themselves, helping Nasa understand the effects that space travel has on their cognition, sleep, stress, immune responses and cardiovascular health.—
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Green tea, for example, is high in caffeine and may disrupt sleep.—
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The 36-year-old Nickelodeon alum, who reportedly struggles with addiction to meth and habitually turns down local authorities’ offers of treatment and temporary housing, was napping on a stoop Monday, according to footage obtained by TMZ.—
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Allowing babies to nap in daylight and normal household noise helps maintain healthy sleep pressure toward nighttime.—
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Letting cookie dough rest is one of the hardest parts of making cookies.—
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That’s why investing in a plush, comfortable duvet insert or comforter is essential for creating a cozy oasis to start the new year off well-rested.—
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Nowadays, Khloé Kardashian will only accept one very special boy in her bed.—
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To get on the trend, fill containers on your PET-io and garden beds with pet-safe plants like zinnias, daylilies, ferns, marigolds, roses, and blueberry bushes.—
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Science has much more to learn about the relationships between napping and health in older adulthood, when daytime napping becomes more common.—
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From a dog's busy napping schedule while the owner is at work to a cat and canine's vastly different reactions to meeting and all the best canine costumes at the Halloween parade, it's been a spirited week in the pet world.—
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Your resting periods are essential to prevent mistakes and spark better solutions for everyone involved.—
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Townspeople believed that one of the Brown women was leaving their final resting place to kill members of their family, and exhumed their bodies in turn.—
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“Slumber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slumber. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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