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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But Karen got a call from her 9-year-old daughter, Ashley, who wanted to be picked up from a sleepover and go home.
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Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
Think the best buddy sleepover ever, for $144 a person.
—Oliver Horovitz, Contributor, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
There were parties in the garden, informal dinners, playdates and sleepovers, and a roving Christmas party once fueled by bottles of Champagne stuck in the snow.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 2 Aug. 2024
This bright green soda was a must-have at sleepovers, partially because of its very ‘90s green and orange color scheme and partially because it was packed with sugar.
—Kara Nesvig, Parents, 10 Oct. 2024
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Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
Think the best buddy sleepover ever, for $144 a person.
—Oliver Horovitz, Contributor, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
There were parties in the garden, informal dinners, playdates and sleepovers, and a roving Christmas party once fueled by bottles of Champagne stuck in the snow.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 2 Aug. 2024
This bright green soda was a must-have at sleepovers, partially because of its very ‘90s green and orange color scheme and partially because it was packed with sugar.
—Kara Nesvig, Parents, 10 Oct. 2024
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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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