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somnolent

[som-nuh-luhnt] / ˈsɒm nə lənt /


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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

Amid skepticism that he couldn’t coach at the higher level, Jackson tore the program down to the studs, brought in 86 new players, and blanketed the somnolent program with passion and positivity.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2023

Telfaz11 started out on YouTube, where its videos hooked young Saudis looking for a hip alternative to the somnolent broadcast television.

From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2021

There is a rather famous account of a World War I pilot who reported finding himself floating through a school of apparently somnolent swifts high above the clouds.

From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2021

There are three Smart Aids in Englewood, the small, somnolent beach town where I live.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs




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