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sleeper

[slee-per] / ˈsli pər /


NOUN
late bloomer
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“One of the reasons I joke that I’m still working is that I like my business-class sleeper seats,” said Robbins, who estimates they spend about $60,000 to $70,000 a year on travel abroad.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

"All it means is that I get home later in the evening, meaning early in the morning. And I'm not a big sleeper anyway."

From Barron's Jun. 16, 2026

She did not look like a rough sleeper and did not drink or take drugs.

From BBC Jun. 10, 2026

Good work, however, won’t be denied, even if Broadway producers have perhaps overlearned the lesson of last year’s sleeper, Cole Escola’s “Oh, Mary!”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2026

Bill’s appearance was the sleeper of the three-day gathering: before his talk no one except Cavalli-Sforza knew he existed.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

The benefits were observed in both healthy sleepers and participants experiencing some sleep difficulties.

From Science Daily Aug. 7, 2026

Liverpool City Council confirmed that the music was not intended to drive out rough sleepers.

From BBC Apr. 20, 2026

These alarm clocks have novel ways to rouse deep sleepers.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 7, 2026

The number of female rough sleepers rose by 8% to 733, while there were 3,938 men and another 122 cases where the gender was not recorded.

From BBC Feb. 26, 2026

How could she have deployed this, again and again, into the dreams of the helpless sleepers of Weep?

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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