as in sofa
a long upholstered piece of furniture designed for several sitters
find yourself a place on the couch and make yourself at home
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as in to say
to convey in appropriate or telling terms
I'm trying to couch this delicately: I don't think we should date anymore
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Recent Examples of couch
Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 18 Feb. 2025
Wipe Down After Cooking Resist the urge to turn on the TV and melt into your couch after dinner.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2025
Michaëla De Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
Some, like Morning and Inger Munch in Black, are aesthetic studies that play with contrast, couching one subject in early light and enveloping the other in a black dress and background.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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Noun
The verdict came after a blunder by Miami-Dade state prosecutors, who felt the need to apologize to jurors for not identifying a purse on the couch next to where Knighton was sitting in Blount’s apartment when she was shot.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 18 Feb. 2025
Wipe Down After Cooking Resist the urge to turn on the TV and melt into your couch after dinner.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2025
Verb
In a post-pandemic world, such attention to art’s medicinal properties has broad relevance, but to foreground only this of art’s many virtues, while couching this take in the language of tech entrepreneurs, should raise eyebrows if not alarm bells regarding its pure instrumentalization.
—Michaëla De Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
Some, like Morning and Inger Munch in Black, are aesthetic studies that play with contrast, couching one subject in early light and enveloping the other in a black dress and background.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for couch
Noun
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Viewers were able to see the feline sitting comfortably on the top of a sofa that had been backed against a windowsill, with his large cheeks on full display.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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Behind a plush sofa there’s a framed photograph of water.—
David Segal,
New York Times,
16 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Clark said there was talk about next season’s format, including seeding.—
Stephen Hawkins,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Feb. 2025
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Scott Auslander, general manager of the Washington, DC, bakery Bread Furst, said the surge in egg prices has been unprecedented.—
Hanna Park,
CNN,
25 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Eventually, the camera revealed Bell crouched beside Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester, joking that a hangry Meester wrote the dialogue.—
Lindsay Kimble,
People.com,
24 Feb. 2025
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The artist emerged crouched on the hood of a muscle car, moody and looking downward.—
Doreen St. Félix,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Barker expressed gratitude for the swift response from law enforcement.—
Sasha Pezenik,
ABC News,
22 Feb. 2025
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Calarco, who is also the author of Holding It Together: How Women Became America's Safety Net, said women are becoming increasingly aware that even when liberal men express egalitarian beliefs, many of them are willing to abandon them when push comes to shove.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
22 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The puppies, estimated to be between 12 and 14 weeks old, were seen huddled together trying to stay warm in the porch as temperatures dropped below zero degrees with wind chills.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA TODAY,
28 Feb. 2025
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With help a good 30 minutes out and Gray struggling to coordinate a water drop, Tim and Lucy huddled in the middle of the road beneath a foil fire blanket.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
25 Feb. 2025
Verb
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But the workers are wrestling with whether having these data will put Americans in danger of being targeted by their own government, the employee said.—
Karen Hao,
The Atlantic,
22 Feb. 2025
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Tandem Stance Targets: Chest, back, glutes, lower body, core Repetitions: 30 seconds per side, repeated three times Video Stand up straight and put one foot directly in front of the other, with your heel touching your toe.—
Hilary Achauer,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
Verb
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But a pair of recent studies makes clear that this is phrased wrong.—
Lee Hamilton,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Hamas takes great pride in its support among Palestinians—currently at between a third and two-thirds, depending on the moment, the alternatives and how the question is phrased.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
3 Feb. 2025
Verb
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As authorities said, Caballeros' charges follow Virginia State Statute, meaning they may be worded differently than what his charges would've been in Florida, where he was arrested.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
22 Feb. 2025
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The questions to them have been worded differently, with their time as his teammate in the past tense.—
Corey Masisak,
The Denver Post,
16 Feb. 2025
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“Couch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/couch. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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