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Recent Examples of bedtime story
Mommy has to read the bedtime story.
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Melissa Willets, Parents, 7 Dec. 2025
The actor — who recently partnered with cat food brand SHEBA to promote 4AM Stories, an AI-bedtime story generator that turns cats into the stars of tales inspired by literary classics — joined the series in season 2 as a fellow student in Emily’s French class.
—Sean Mandell, PEOPLE, 27 Nov. 2025
The bedtime story market is also getting more crowded.
—Katherine Laidlaw, HubSpot, 14 Nov. 2025
Reading a bedtime story to your child is a tradition that goes beyond bonding time.
—Felicia Faber, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
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Melissa Willets, Parents, 7 Dec. 2025
The actor — who recently partnered with cat food brand SHEBA to promote 4AM Stories, an AI-bedtime story generator that turns cats into the stars of tales inspired by literary classics — joined the series in season 2 as a fellow student in Emily’s French class.
—Sean Mandell, PEOPLE, 27 Nov. 2025
The bedtime story market is also getting more crowded.
—Katherine Laidlaw, HubSpot, 14 Nov. 2025
Reading a bedtime story to your child is a tradition that goes beyond bonding time.
—Felicia Faber, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedtime story
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Caitlin encourages patrons not to miss The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck (interlocking short stories, set on Cape Cod and New England) and a gorgeous children’s picture book publishing in May by Newbery-Honor winning author Lauren Wolk called The Outermost Mouse.—
Kat Chen,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Apr. 2026
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The Netflix thriller — which hit the streamer on April 24 — is a modern take on the classic Richard Connell short story The Most Dangerous Game.—
Keith Langston,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
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The yarns of Joe Turner interweave gradually, everyday chit-chat, bargaining, and flirtation interlocking over time with threads of mysticism — both the ghosts of a brutal history and the ancestral spirits that stand protective and defiant like a phalanx of angels with shining swords.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
26 Apr. 2026
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In turn, the validation produced tens of tons of BHET, which will soon be converted into polyester yarns and fabrics for garments.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Footwear News,
24 Apr. 2026
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Each of these archetypes serves a distinct narrative purpose.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Apr. 2026
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That means by the time an indictment is returned, the factual narrative typically reflects a backward-looking account of conduct that may stretch over a decade.—
Andrew S. Boutros,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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The Knicks broke several NBA records by halftime.—
Maura Carey,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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Police said that between financial records, witness statements, and admissions from Mours himself, investigators determined the organization lost just over $41,000 in funds.—
Mike Darnay,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Johnston pointed to Dukes’ criminal behavior and history.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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But the king is expected to express the highest regard and friendship between the two countries on the 250th anniversary year of independence, creating what the palace called one of the greatest alliances in human history.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Maybe that’s why this new movie — in which billionaires, to paraphrase fellow Fox property Homer Simpson, are the cause of and solution to most of life’s problems — winds up feeling like even more of a fairy tale than the original.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
30 Apr. 2026
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Nostalgia for the days of standards and bullet-stopping September issues mixes with handwringing over the state of magazines, media outlets, and the overall environment that sold the original Devil Wears Prada as a fairy tale.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Bedtime story.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedtime%20story. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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