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Recent Examples of recline
Although the chair back reclines with the pull of a lever, the seat doesn't tilt.
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PC Magazine, 21 May 2025
Relax mode reclines your seat and fills the screen with soothing landscapes and sounds.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2025
Finally, there’s the sweetest design, with Halsey reclining on a floating half-moon as two of the dancers do a romantic pas de deux.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 8 June 2025
Five hours a day in reclining chairs that were arranged in a circle like some twisted slumber party that no one wanted to be invited to.
—Alli Kushner, New York Times, 9 May 2025
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PC Magazine, 21 May 2025
Relax mode reclines your seat and fills the screen with soothing landscapes and sounds.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2025
Finally, there’s the sweetest design, with Halsey reclining on a floating half-moon as two of the dancers do a romantic pas de deux.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 8 June 2025
Five hours a day in reclining chairs that were arranged in a circle like some twisted slumber party that no one wanted to be invited to.
—Alli Kushner, New York Times, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recline
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This charming pagoda-style umbrella offers UPF 50 protection for scorching summer days, is easily adjustable, and even tilts.—
Blake Bakkila,
Architectural Digest,
8 July 2025
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Defaulting to protein tilts the odds in your favor.—
Tor Constantino,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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The story is halting, its end inevitable; it’s also couched in self-doubt, second-guessing, disbelief.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
27 June 2025
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Asian American women and Latinas were more vocal in their support for diversity, but carefully couched that support in gendered rather than racial terms.—
Adia Harvey Wingfield,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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Think smooth shores sloping gently into calm waves and views framed by palm trees.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
11 July 2025
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Price was making lower lows and lower highs, the moving averages were all sloping downwards, the RSI was consistently below 50, and the relative strength was in a confirmed downtrend.—
David Keller,
CNBC,
10 July 2025
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The city once had five inclined railways – inclines for short – twin tracks that carried streetcars up and down Cincinnati’s hills.—
Sharon Coolidge,
The Enquirer,
3 July 2025
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The Red Sox are a half-game out of a wild card spot entering play on Monday, so they may not be inclined to sell, especially to the Yankees.—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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Make as much noise as possible to try and keep U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers from sleeping and force them elsewhere.—
Victoria Valenzuela,
USA Today,
1 July 2025
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One 2024 meta-analysis, for example, found that all manner of sensory experiences—including sounds, smells, flashing lights, physical pressure, and pain—can be incorporated into dreams when people are sleeping and investigators provide the stimulus.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
1 July 2025
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Podcasts, the top 500 podcasts in America, 400 of the top 500 are right- leaning, 100 are left-leaning, and of the 100 left-leaning ones, half of them beat the you-know what out of the Democrats.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 July 2025
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The district rejected Trump three times. Desmond, who appeared to be a moderate, pro-business mayor, has leaned more to the right as supervisor, largely supporting Trump on such issues as immigration and COVID policies.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 July 2025
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Screenshots of the viral video show Pepper napping in the poster's arms.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 July 2025
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Another sweet snap shows Jenner and her daughter napping together, lying down on what appears to be a towel.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
2 July 2025
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With a pull-on waistband, angled side pockets, and breezy cotton fabric, these ones are ready and waiting for all my summer adventures.—
Jamie Allison Sanders,
People.com,
7 July 2025
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Moreover, the Taliban has angled for the recognition of another former adversary: the United States.—
Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
3 July 2025
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“Recline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recline. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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