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Recent Examples of sleep in
The Wave Table, which looks like a glowing, blue waterbed on a massage table, promises to provide the equivalent of three hours of sleep in just 30 minutes.
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Spencer Whaley, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Buddy died of cancer in his sleep in 1998 at his home in San Diego, according to reports in the Chicago Tribune and The Spokesman-Review.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 16 Aug. 2025
On sleep in particular, Whoop is distinctly more prescriptive than descriptive.
—PC Magazine, 15 Aug. 2025
More research is needed to fully understand how peanut butter actually affects sleep in different people.
—Caitlin Pagán, Verywell Health, 13 Aug. 2025
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Spencer Whaley, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Buddy died of cancer in his sleep in 1998 at his home in San Diego, according to reports in the Chicago Tribune and The Spokesman-Review.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 16 Aug. 2025
On sleep in particular, Whoop is distinctly more prescriptive than descriptive.
—PC Magazine, 15 Aug. 2025
More research is needed to fully understand how peanut butter actually affects sleep in different people.
—Caitlin Pagán, Verywell Health, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sleep in
Verb
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Watching the crowd nod off will destroy your confidence.—
Todd Harmonson,
Oc Register,
4 Aug. 2025
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Yoga improved the total sleep time by nearly two hours, and a combination of cardiovascular activities helped people nod off almost 30 minutes faster, the new research says.—
Allen Chang,
ABC News,
15 July 2025
Verb
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Finally the proper authority, who had overslept, showed up to unlock the gate.—
Seija Rankin,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Apr. 2025
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The slowest builder finished before the one who overslept.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Sleep in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sleep%20in. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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