sleep in

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Recent Examples of sleep in The woman had two children who were sleeping in her home during the incident, authorities said. Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025 Numerous people across western North Carolina are still sleeping in tents and campers more than 100 days after the storm hit the area in the early morning hours of Sept. 27. Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 27 Jan. 2025 Pumpkin sleeps in a makeshift bed that is composed of a trough, a dog bed, and an old Tempur-Pedic mattress. Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025 One 2023 study found that 24% of married millennials sleep in separate beds on occasion, with 19% sleeping in separate beds consistently. Daisy Jones, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for sleep in 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sleep in
Verb
  • If Mihailovic makes the USMNT roster for the CONCACAF Gold Cup this summer, the Rapids cannot drop off a cliff when that time comes.
    Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2025
  • Donations at the North Aurora Goddard School can be dropped off at the building at 301 Miller Drive.
    David Sharos, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The former president appeared to nod off before the trial's lunch break, closing his eyes briefly and jerking awake multiple times, according to several reports. – Marina Pitofsky Will Trump testify in his hush money case?
    David Jackson, USA TODAY, 15 Apr. 2024
  • The photo-happy couple is still sharing snapshots of one another, with the Rhode founder posting a series of Instagram photos on Tuesday that included her musician husband nodding off across from her.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Last spring, the Today show reported that people were oversleeping due to silent alarms.
    Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The Season 3 penultimate and finale episodes ‘Getting There’ and ‘Jews on a Plane’ aired on Comedy Central in 2016, the first half featuring the duo in a rush to get to the airport after oversleeping, forgetting a passport and getting stuck in the subway.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2024

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“Sleep in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sleep%20in. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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