slept in; sleeping in; sleeps in
1
: to sleep where one is employed
2
a
b
: to sleep late intentionally
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New Atlas, 21 Apr. 2025
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
Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 8 June 2025
Related Article Factors including daytime sleepiness, income, age, relationship length, sleep diagnoses and whether children or pets sleep in the bed were also considered.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 8 June 2025
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Adjective
The rugged, little Bean Pod still features teardrop-like sizing but replaces the sleep-in cabin with a sprawling multi-compartment gear storage setup.
—New Atlas, 21 Apr. 2025
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
In January 2024 militants in Jordan launched a drone attack on an outpost in the desert as soldiers slept in their quarters.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 8 June 2025
Related Article Factors including daytime sleepiness, income, age, relationship length, sleep diagnoses and whether children or pets sleep in the bed were also considered.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 8 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for sleep-in
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“Sleep-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleep-in. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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