stay in

verb

stayed in; staying in; stays in
: to stay inside or at home instead of going out
We went to a movie last night, but tonight we're staying in.

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Captains stay in contact with other vessels throughout each trip to share information about salmon concentrations, while the fleet follows weekly closure areas based on reports from the fishing grounds. — Annika Hammerschlag, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026 Shares tumbled to as low as 79 cents a share intraday in late 2008, as doubts grew about its ability to stay in business. — Justin Zacks, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026 But there’s also an untidiness to it, teetering on the edge of its seams, threatening to unravel but always miraculously staying in place. — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026 Indeed, inflicting hardship on the population seems especially unlikely to change the calculus of the Iranian regime, given its willingness to kill thousands of protestors to stay in power. — Justin Bronk, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stay in

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“Stay in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stay%20in. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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