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slate

[sleyt] / sleɪt /


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He’s working from a relatively clean slate, and experiencing all of the privileges and drawbacks that come with it.

From Salon Aug. 24, 2026

After all, what better medium for mindless masculinity than a blank slate?

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

This means that it has been able to submit its slate of presidential and parliamentary candidates to the electoral commission leaving the rival faction without any representatives on the ballot.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Marvel’s 2028 slate also includes “X-Men,” which is scheduled to hit theaters May 5, and “Black Panther 3” for Dec. 15.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

"No questions asked. Everyone comes in the door with a clean slate."

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

Campaigns scrambled to offer their own slates of delegates who they thought would be pledged to them.

From Slate Jul. 24, 2026

The new nominating process will see the 16 county parties elect slates of delegates, 601 in total, who will in turn vote to select the new nominee at a July 25 convention in Bangor.

From Salon Jul. 18, 2026

With strong slates of contenders heading into the 2026 Emmys, that could change for both streamers when the nominations are announced July 8.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 1, 2026

They did their jobs, but they were kind of blank slates and you never saw them in the news after they retired.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 2, 2026

Now she would have to call into play all of her climbing ability to keep going up the treacherously steep smooth slates.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

The new release of “Grand Theft Auto VI” is slated for Nov. 19 for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. It marks the first major release in the franchise since 2013.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

The Ontario plant had previously been slated to build Ford EVs.

From MarketWatch Aug. 24, 2026

A planned four-hour walkout that day had been scrapped, but one slated for Tuesday may still take place, the representative said.

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

The Neptun Deep project is set to become the largest gas producer in Romania, with production slated to start next year.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

They were all guests at a real estate conference slated to begin in Chamisaville that noon; the governor would give a keynote address, opening the two-day festivities.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

The Legislature voted this year to ban most private detention facilities in the state, slating the detention center for closure in 2025, when its contract with the federal government ends.

From Seattle Times Nov. 11, 2021

Network executives were already tinkering with the reinvention, but slating “Nashville” for a January premiere helped speed up the process.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 12, 2017

She skipped Thursday’s candidate slating, saying party leaders haven’t favored her before and weren’t going to pick her.

From Washington Times Jan. 14, 2016

Interesting watching all the local news people at Bolton slating the Andy Kellett transfer around an hour and a half before it was completed.

From BBC Feb. 2, 2015

Five minutes earlier and what a slating we should have got!

From With Rimington by L. March Phillipps




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