snooze button
noun
: a button on an alarm clock that stops and resets the alarm for a short time later to allow for more rest
called also snooze alarm
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Hitting the snooze button for increments of nine minutes of sleep at a time does the same thing, said Dr. Brandon Peters, a neurologist and sleep medicine physician with Virginia Mason Franciscan Health in Seattle.
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Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 28 June 2024
Thirty-one such chronic snoozers who were observed in the study slept well throughout the night and showed signs of fragmented sleep only in the last 30 minutes before getting up, which is typically around the time when people first hit the snooze button.
—Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Scientific American, 15 Nov. 2023
But too many countries are hitting the snooze button.
—Alexander Gard-Murray, Foreign Affairs, 23 Aug. 2023
One reason our snooze button is always so tempting to push is that no one wants to exchange restful slumber for all the responsibilities and demands of yet another day.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2024
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Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 28 June 2024
Thirty-one such chronic snoozers who were observed in the study slept well throughout the night and showed signs of fragmented sleep only in the last 30 minutes before getting up, which is typically around the time when people first hit the snooze button.
—Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Scientific American, 15 Nov. 2023
But too many countries are hitting the snooze button.
—Alexander Gard-Murray, Foreign Affairs, 23 Aug. 2023
One reason our snooze button is always so tempting to push is that no one wants to exchange restful slumber for all the responsibilities and demands of yet another day.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2024
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“Snooze button.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snooze%20button. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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