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
Alexis Okeowo, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
The city set up cooling centers, but Collins and many other Texans still had to sleep in the sweltering heat — or try to.
—Timmy Broderick, STAT, 16 Aug. 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
The other women are also haunted; Remi occasionally sleeps in Yaa’s bed.
—Alexis Okeowo, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
The city set up cooling centers, but Collins and many other Texans still had to sleep in the sweltering heat — or try to.
—Timmy Broderick, STAT, 16 Aug. 2024
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“Sleep-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleep-in. Accessed 12 Sep. 2024.
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