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
Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 22 Jan. 2025
Sherer spoke to Newsweek about what inspired the theory and how people can find or cultivate their own couch friendships.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
Robert Schmad, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Jan. 2025
Forensic services should be useful and couched in language that the court can understand and must withstand critical review and rebuttal from opposing parties.
—Sonia Singh, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2024
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Noun
This should be done weekly and before deep cleaning the couch.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 22 Jan. 2025
Sherer spoke to Newsweek about what inspired the theory and how people can find or cultivate their own couch friendships.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
Verb
Many of the promises VoteVets makes when claiming to advocate veterans’ interests are couched in the language of the Democratic Party.
—Robert Schmad, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Jan. 2025
Forensic services should be useful and couched in language that the court can understand and must withstand critical review and rebuttal from opposing parties.
—Sonia Singh, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for couch
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The Hello Sunshine founder appeared in a recent episode of The Graham Norton Show — joined on the sofa by Ariana Grande, Will Ferrell and Don Gilet — recalling a hilarious instance of being picked for jury duty where her fellow deliberators weren’t able to separate fact from fiction.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 2025
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Rather than snuggling up on the sofa or watching cartoons in an effort to get better, Aryn decided to put on an impromptu performance for her mom.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Trump has said there is a national emergency at the southern border, which was a central part of his campaign message, and is implementing several executive orders related to immigration and border security on his first day in office.—
Brad Dress,
The Hill,
21 Jan. 2025
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There are discussions in the locker room and words said in public.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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During the battle, viewers saw a cameraman crouching in the corner for the shot.—
Esther Kang,
People.com,
7 Jan. 2025
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The deputies spotted the drag trail through the brush and followed it to the cat, still crouched over Taylen’s body.—
Malcolm Brooks Malcolm Hillgartner Krish Seenivasan Zak Mouton,
New York Times,
31 Dec. 2024
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Former women's tennis star Martina Navratilova expressed her desire to see former British Olympic champion Sebastian Coe become the next president of the International Olympics Committee (IOC).—
Jackson Thompson,
Fox News,
29 Jan. 2025
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Some health professionals have expressed concerns about excessive fluoride intake and potential toxicity.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
29 Jan. 2025
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Volunteers handed out coffee and snacks to the people huddled in their cars to stay warm.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
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Hillary and her top advisers were huddling on the plane, trying to figure out how to weather this one last blow.—
Ilyse Hogue,
TIME,
21 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Avoid putting shade-loving plants alongside sun-loving varieties that need six or more hours of direct sunlight a day.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
29 Jan. 2025
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Just a few days before Alessandro Michele’s inaugural Valentino couture show, the Italian designer welcomed Vogue into one of the house's five Paris ateliers, where master seamstresses were hard at work putting the finishing touches on his otherworldly designs.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
29 Jan. 2025
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The catch phrases that the departing and once-and-future presidents have used to describe their foreign policies don’t on their own suggest such very different approaches to the United States’ engagement with the world.—
Howard LaFranchi,
The Christian Science Monitor,
14 Jan. 2025
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However, Dylan has a way of phrasing himself in a way that can be teasingly hard to pin down.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
26 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Therefore, the baddies will do various sneaky ploys of wording their requests to slip under the radar of the language-level circuit breakers.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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These legal tenets, designed to quash criticism of, and political opposition to, Beijing’s ultimate authority are vaguely worded and far-reaching in application.—
James Marsh,
Deadline,
10 Jan. 2025
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“Couch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/couch. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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