syncopes

noun

plural of syncope
as in trances
a temporary state of unconsciousness syncope has been reported in a small percentage of patients taking the drug

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  1. trances
  2. blackouts
  3. faints
  4. swims
Noun
  • Unlike in Cutud, participants are mostly female faith healers adhering not to vows but to mystic trances and possession.
    — H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 10 July 2026
Definition of trances
Noun
  • After most abductions, media blackouts were requested by the victims’ families, on the advice of their governments.
    — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The fluctuations and short blackouts eventually damaged the machine.
    — Catherine Ellis, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of blackouts
Noun
  • The latter, of course, gives better info, and the former gives fleeting metaphors and nearly faints from embarrassment.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary.
    — John Biggs, Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2025
Definition of faints
Noun
  • Leo regularly plays tennis and swims at the papal summer retreat in Castel Gandolfo, according to The Associated Press.
    — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
  • For families The Herb House lap pool reserves specific sessions for family swims.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of swims
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“Syncopes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/syncopes. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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