somnolent
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Exoprojection in which the somnolent user is able to assume a conscious awareness of an ideal reality from the past.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
Overall, the recording slides between hypnotic and somnolent.
From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023
Set against the backdrop of a somnolent downtown, says Ms. Respress, the McPherson Square encampment feeds the impression that homelessness is exploding in D.C.
From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2023
But it also brought youth, diversity and better wages — breathing new life into somnolent towns that had been losing population since the 1930s.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 5, 2021
She grew weak and somnolent, could spend hours lying in the shade looking up at the sun, uninterested in anything else.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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