How to Use rem in a Sentence
rem
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During healthy REM sleep , most people do not move around much, although some do twitch or talk.
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Tracy Staedter,
Fox News,
2017-06-02
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Some just rested in that interval, others dozed, and some tumbled into the depths of REM sleep.
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Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
2017-05-01
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For women, estrogen levels increase after sex, which can enhance a woman's REM cycle for a deeper sleep.
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Ian Kerner,
CNN,
2017-06-01
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People who have narcolepsy tend to slip quickly into REM sleep, the phase when dreams occur, rather than experiencing the four phases that usually precede it.
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Sharon Begley,
Scientific American,
2017-06-09
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Poor-quality sleep also means people get less non-REM sleep (i.e. dreamless sleep), which in turn messes up how the brain turns important short-term information into long-term memories.
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Sarah Rense,
Esquire,
2017-05-10
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In April, more than 200 musicians, including Billie Eilish, REM, Stevie Wonder, signed an open letter organized by the Artists’ Rights Alliance to ask tech companies to stop devaluing music.
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Jennifer Kite-Powell,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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