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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If both top closers have to do more or less the same thing, namely, stay in contention, arguably what has to happen here for either to hit the wire first, then the next question is, who wins in a stretch duel. Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 But sometimes the wiser move is to stop demanding that another person change as a condition of staying in contact with them. David H. Rosmarin, Time, 29 Aug. 2026 The Chiefs are in an unusual position this year because the waiver wire priority list is the same as the NFL Draft order, but teams that traded first-round picks stay in their original spots. Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2026 The telescope is designed to live at a location in space known as L2, which is a Lagrange point, where the gravitational acceleration from the sun and Earth balance out, allowing the telescope to stay in a stable orbit. Denise Chow, NBC news, 29 Aug. 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 1 Sep. 2026.

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