slate
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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
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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
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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
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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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