as in slumberer
one who sleeps she's a light sleeper and usually wakes up when I get in late

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Recent Examples of sleeper The medium-firm feel is great for all different kinds of sleepers. Christopher Murray May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025 Hot sleepers will like the cooling gel within the memory foam. Rylee Johnston, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025 Dark Horses to Watch Every tournament has its sleepers, and this one’s no different. Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025 Black Phone, opening in 2021 when cinemas were first recovering from COVID-19, started off with $23.6 million in North America on its way to turning into a sleeper hit, amassing more than $161 million in worldwide ticket sales (that was before horror fatigue struck at the box office). Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sleeper

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“Sleeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sleeper. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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