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
Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 16 Aug. 2024
The city defines people experiencing unsheltered homelessness as those sleeping in places like the streets or vehicles.
—Shawna Chen, Axios, 15 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
Reducing unsheltered homelessness by ramping up street outreach teams who go out to people sleeping in uninhabitable places and connecting them to shelter and other housing services.
—Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 16 Aug. 2024
The city defines people experiencing unsheltered homelessness as those sleeping in places like the streets or vehicles.
—Shawna Chen, Axios, 15 Aug. 2024
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“Sleep-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleep-in. Accessed 22 Aug. 2024.
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