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Recent Examples of futon
Most of the spacious rooms are Western in style, with beds rather than futons, and trade in tatami mats for wooden flooring.
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Christina Liao, Vogue, 3 Jan. 2025
Diamond explains that traditional Japanese futons are known as shikibutons, made with layers of cotton or wool, but the typical futon is often filled with synthetic foam and chemicals.
—Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Feb. 2025
So when powerful Santa Ana winds battered his house on the night of Monday, January 5, Goldner, a rock climbing coach and video director, dragged his futon into the living room and slept there with his two dogs, just to be safe.
—Gavin Feek, Outside Online, 13 Jan. 2025
In order to do so, however, the futon has to be moved away from the wall, which could be inconvenient.
—Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Jan. 2025
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Christina Liao, Vogue, 3 Jan. 2025
Diamond explains that traditional Japanese futons are known as shikibutons, made with layers of cotton or wool, but the typical futon is often filled with synthetic foam and chemicals.
—Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Feb. 2025
So when powerful Santa Ana winds battered his house on the night of Monday, January 5, Goldner, a rock climbing coach and video director, dragged his futon into the living room and slept there with his two dogs, just to be safe.
—Gavin Feek, Outside Online, 13 Jan. 2025
In order to do so, however, the futon has to be moved away from the wall, which could be inconvenient.
—Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for futon
Noun
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Nothing says luxury birthday like sharing a twin mattress.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
21 Apr. 2025
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Hoffer typically recommends an 8-inch-thick mattress, and her favorite is Brooklyn Bedding’s Dreamfoam Essential.—
Blake Bakkila,
Architectural Digest,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Calling it the Fair View, Mulrooney was meticulous in choosing the lace curtains, plush carpets, brass bedsteads and other finery that would make her new hotel the envy of the region’s other hoteliers, who housed most guests in rough dormitories.—
Melanie Haiken,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 Oct. 2024
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The Emerald Ridge room, for example, has original redwood-slat walls, an antique bedstead and river views, while the sunny Rhododendron boasts period wallpaper and a claw-foot tub.—
Jackie Burrell,
The Mercury News,
8 Apr. 2024
Noun
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The space projectile was later identified as a remnant of a battery pallet thrown out of the International Space Station three years earlier.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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People are going around scavenging from construction sites and breaking apart wood pallets from ships that deliver food.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The cramped cells are equipped with tiered metal bunks without mattresses, two basins for washing, and two open toilets.—
Rebecca Beitsch,
The Hill,
3 Apr. 2025
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Overnight guests bunk in the house’s dedicated guest suite, which features a private entrance.—
Kristine Hansen,
Architectural Digest,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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If that wing was being used, there would be more beds upstairs.—
Adam B. Vary,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025
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The team’s biggest concerns for 390’s recovery since July has been that the growth bed would be too damaged for the keratin to regrow and that the bone that supports the entire structure of the upper beak may have too much missing and grow back together.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In the living room, the sofa pillows stood perfectly upright, and there was nary a water ring on any of the polished furniture.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
6 Apr. 2025
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There's a flexible hose to nab hard-to-reach messes, a transparent crevice tool for corners and sofa cushions, as well as a dust brush to loosen hair and dust from upholstery.—
Clara McMahon,
People.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Futon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/futon. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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