sleep in

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Recent Examples of sleep in Studies looking at long-term cannabis use have found that sleep in women is impacted at a higher rate compared to men. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2024 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 Here are 10 of the best places to eat, shop, explore, and sleep in Tullahoma, Tennessee. Korrin Bishop, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sleep in 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sleep in
Verb
  • The ballot must have been mailed or dropped off at any official drop box​​ ​across the state by 8 p.m. local time on Election Day.
    ABC NEWS, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
  • This past weekend, the state Republican party filed lawsuits over the county's decision to allow people to drop off absentee ballots after the Friday deadline.
    Daniel Klaidman, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • As the White family mourned Magnus, they were contacted by the family members of other cyclists and pedestrians killed by drivers who had been texting or nodding off at the time of the collision.
    Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Trump has fallen asleep on the public stage before, appearing to nod off multiple times during his hush money trial earlier this year.
    Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • While the teenager had overslept, their school had gone into lockdown.
    Nouran Salahieh, Michelle Krupa and Nicole Chavez, CNN, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Research has also shown that SAD can severely affect sleep, including a tendency to oversleep or sleep fewer hours a night, and this could affect one’s quality of life.
    Sophie Okolo, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023

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“Sleep in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sleep%20in. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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