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Recent Examples of sleep in
Overall, sleeping in a zero-gravity bed might offer potential benefits for spinal alignment, circulation, acid reflux and breathing.
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Caroline C. Boyle, USA Today, 17 May 2025
Smith already has one young son, who believes his mom is only sleeping in her hospital bed.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 15 May 2025
Dogs show affection in various ways, but the main signs that your dog loves you include bringing you gifts, greeting you eagerly, sleeping in your bed, putting you second only to food, looking at you in the eyes with love, and following you around.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
The sets are more generous in size so sleeping in these might be akin to swimming in a pool of soft decadence.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 16 May 2025
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Caroline C. Boyle, USA Today, 17 May 2025
Smith already has one young son, who believes his mom is only sleeping in her hospital bed.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 15 May 2025
Dogs show affection in various ways, but the main signs that your dog loves you include bringing you gifts, greeting you eagerly, sleeping in your bed, putting you second only to food, looking at you in the eyes with love, and following you around.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
The sets are more generous in size so sleeping in these might be akin to swimming in a pool of soft decadence.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sleep in
Verb
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The glitzy pump was launched in 2006 and sold five million pairs in just seven years, before appetite for slim, dainty shoes dropped off in the mid-to-late 2010s.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
24 May 2025
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After dropping off the floral arrangements, Emily decided to share their gesture online, hoping to inspire others to do the same.—
Jordan Greene,
People.com,
22 May 2025
Verb
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The juror, a middle-aged Black woman, seemed to nod off around 11:30 a.m. as Dr. Dawn Hughes testified.—
Jenna Sundel
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 May 2025
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All-night session in House of Representatives committees result in at least three members being caught on camera nodding off.—
The National Desk,
Baltimore Sun,
15 May 2025
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One giant got distracted by a wandering minstrel One giant overslept and started late Clues: Brumm is not the fastest builder but didn’t oversleep.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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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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“Sleep in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sleep%20in. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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