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Recent Examples of sleep in
San Diego County is re-opening a safe parking lot where homeless people can sleep in their vehicles at an overnight location that is more permanent than many other homelessness projects around the region.
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Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Newborns primarily eat and sleep in the first weeks of life, so fathers often struggle to find their role in those early moments.
—Essence, 29 Aug. 2025
She was killed in her sleep in an upstairs bedroom next to her best friend, Madison Mogen, also 21.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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.
—Spencer Whaley, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Newborns primarily eat and sleep in the first weeks of life, so fathers often struggle to find their role in those early moments.
—Essence, 29 Aug. 2025
She was killed in her sleep in an upstairs bedroom next to her best friend, Madison Mogen, also 21.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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.
—Spencer Whaley, Forbes.com, 21 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 15 Sep. 2025.
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