sleepover
noun
sleep·over
ˈslēp-ˌō-vər 
1
: an overnight stay (as at another's home)
2
: an instance of hosting a sleepover in one's home
Examples of sleepover in a Sentence
Our daughter is having a sleepover for her friends tomorrow.
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On Valentine's Day on Friday, the animal welfare organization is offering pet lovers a chance to have a sleepover with a dog or a cat from shelters across the country.
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Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025
Jair Bolsonaro has had a rough couple of years: election losses, criminal cases, questionable embassy sleepovers.
—Jack Nicas, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
At the end of the day, parents have to make decisions for themselves, and sleepovers are one of those polarizing issues parents won’t always see eye-to-eye on.
—Zara Hanawalt, Parents, 8 Jan. 2025
The story follows Elisa, a mother whose world implodes after her nine-year-old daughter Lucia vanishes during what was meant to be an innocent sleepover.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Jan. 2025
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Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025
Jair Bolsonaro has had a rough couple of years: election losses, criminal cases, questionable embassy sleepovers.
—Jack Nicas, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
At the end of the day, parents have to make decisions for themselves, and sleepovers are one of those polarizing issues parents won’t always see eye-to-eye on.
—Zara Hanawalt, Parents, 8 Jan. 2025
The story follows Elisa, a mother whose world implodes after her nine-year-old daughter Lucia vanishes during what was meant to be an innocent sleepover.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Sleepover.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleepover. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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sleepover
noun
sleep·over
ˈslēp-ō-vər
: an overnight stay at another's home or an instance of having others stay at one's own home
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