slept in; sleeping in; sleeps in
1
: to sleep where one is employed
2
a
b
: to sleep late intentionally
Examples of sleep-in in a Sentence
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Selome Hailu, Variety, 20 Apr. 2023
Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2024
The device tracked how many hours per night the participants spent sleeping in a supine position.
—Alyssa Hui, Health, 24 Sep. 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
In the snap, the little one — who was born via gestational surrogate, on Sept. 14 — slept in a baby nest on a couch wearing a cute white onesie while tucked up with a matching white blanket.
—Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2024
The device tracked how many hours per night the participants spent sleeping in a supine position.
—Alyssa Hui, Health, 24 Sep. 2024
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“Sleep-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleep-in. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
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