: a long upholstered seat usually with arms and a back and often convertible into a bed
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I curled up on the sofa with a book.
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She was given a job as a jail cook, allowed to keep a sofa in her cell and received items such as a contraband phone and tobacco, officials said in court documents.
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Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 8 May 2024
Until, that is, they were spotted getting cozy at a Met Gala after-party on May 6.
Paparazzi cameras caught the pair at the Après Met 2 Met Gala After-Party, squeezed next to each other on a sofa.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 7 May 2024
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Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 8 May 2024
Until, that is, they were spotted getting cozy at a Met Gala after-party on May 6.
Paparazzi cameras caught the pair at the Après Met 2 Met Gala After-Party, squeezed next to each other on a sofa.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 7 May 2024
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“Sofa.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sofa. Accessed 13 May. 2024.
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sofa
noun
so·fa
ˈsō-fə 
: a long upholstered seat usually with arms and a back and often convertible into a bed
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