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
Caroline Blair, People.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Green has been arrested about 30 times, many for criminal trespass for sleeping in building doorways and stairwells, and violated parole after he was released from prison in 2021, police sources said.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 20 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
After all the cardinals began sequestering in Conclave, they are shown praying, eating and sleeping in the same living quarters.
—Caroline Blair, People.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Green has been arrested about 30 times, many for criminal trespass for sleeping in building doorways and stairwells, and violated parole after he was released from prison in 2021, police sources said.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2025
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“Sleep-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleep-in. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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