slept in; sleeping in; sleeps in
1
: to sleep where one is employed
2
a
b
: to sleep late intentionally
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Selome Hailu, Variety, 20 Apr. 2023
Greg Presto, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
Their family home had just one room, which meant Appiah slept in the same bed as his mother and older sister.
—Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
After a day of Janine avoiding Gregory, the two finally start to hash it out during a sleep-in field trip at Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 20 Apr. 2023
Verb
The family all sleep in the same room, behind another curtain, on mattresses on the floor.
—Greg Presto, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
Their family home had just one room, which meant Appiah slept in the same bed as his mother and older sister.
—Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Sleep-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleep-in. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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