slept in; sleeping in; sleeps in
1
: to sleep where one is employed
2
a
b
: to sleep late intentionally
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Selome Hailu, Variety, 20 Apr. 2023
Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 31 Oct. 2024
Almost a quarter of Lebanon’s people have fled their homes, and many are now sleeping in town squares, on roads, on beaches.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
After a day of Janine avoiding Gregory, the two finally start to hash it out during a sleep-in field trip at Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 20 Apr. 2023
Verb
Cunningham ran a study that tracked people’s moods, mental health, alcohol consumption and sleep in 2020, right around that year’s presidential election and the COVID pandemic.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 31 Oct. 2024
Almost a quarter of Lebanon’s people have fled their homes, and many are now sleeping in town squares, on roads, on beaches.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Sleep-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleep-in. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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