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insomnia

[in-som-nee-uh] / ɪnˈsɒm ni ə /


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She was prescribed a range of medications for depression and insomnia as her condition worsened.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

Underlying stress about the attacks and the winter ahead has lately prompted bouts of insomnia until 4 a.m., while sleep deprivation has made work more difficult for her this summer.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

Those missing factors are important because people with more severe insomnia, depression, anxiety, or other conditions may be more likely to use melatonin and could independently have a different cardiovascular risk.

From Science Daily Aug. 29, 2026

In Russia, phenibut is a prescription drug used to treat anxiety, insomnia, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and other ailments.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

In the face of William’s insomnia and growing tension, Elizebeth could do little to help, except to keep their home life as normal as she could.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

He contemplated the black immensity pierced by a multitude of lights, without giving a thought to all the heavy slumbers, cruel insomnias, vain dreams, spoilt pleasures, and infinitely diverse miseries that a great city contains.

From Penguin Island by Anatole France

They prattled of the dietary and idiosyncrasies of their several insomnias as though they had been so many exacting pet animals.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-18 by Various




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