slept in; sleeping in; sleeps in
1
: to sleep where one is employed
2
a
b
: to sleep late intentionally
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Selome Hailu, Variety, 20 Apr. 2023
Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 9 Apr. 2025
The argument began after one of the men was discovered sleeping in a vehicle that did not belong to him, police said.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
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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
Goldberg even slept in one morning, not realizing her little machine was cleaning away.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 9 Apr. 2025
The argument began after one of the men was discovered sleeping in a vehicle that did not belong to him, police said.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
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“Sleep-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleep-in. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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