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Recent Examples of catnap
Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 8 May 2024
And your own cat is to thank for the inspiration behind Godzilla’s catnaps in the Colosseum?
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Mar. 2024
Dąbrowski is pictured taking a catnap in a sleeping bag in some characterless photo studio.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Distraught Ministry of Health staff members worked relentlessly, took catnaps in their offices, and attended funerals.
—Laurie Garrett, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2015
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Noun
Putt-putting at low altitudes, taking catnaps to steal sleep, nearly slamming into a mountain in Africa and almost ditching in the Pacific Ocean, the Voyager and its crew limped home on fumes from empty fuel tanks two days before Christmas.
—Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 8 May 2024
And your own cat is to thank for the inspiration behind Godzilla’s catnaps in the Colosseum?
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Mar. 2024
Dąbrowski is pictured taking a catnap in a sleeping bag in some characterless photo studio.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Distraught Ministry of Health staff members worked relentlessly, took catnaps in their offices, and attended funerals.
—Laurie Garrett, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2015
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for catnap
Noun
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The student center features comfortable leather furniture – easier to clean up spills – arranged in groupings so students could chat with each other, perhaps study together, perhaps even just take a nap.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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Now’s a great time to score chaise lounge chairs, patio conversation sets, and nap-worthy bean bag chairs.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Andrillon warned against trying to harness the sleeping mind in the service of the waking world.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
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The sleeping platform includes a cutout that lifts up and secures across the trailer on two support strips on the walls.—
C.C. Weiss
May 01,
New Atlas,
1 May 2026
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“Catnap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catnap. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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