slate
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For this election, he has taken the surprise step of giving the number two position on his slate to a Jewish former police official and centrist member of parliament, Yoav Segalovitz.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
The company's Prime Video arm is also planning a slate of new film productions in Germany, according to the firm.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang visited Paris this week to unveil a slate of investments in French startups, the chip giant’s latest move to solidify its position at the heart of the AI industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Before the acquisition, 20th Century Fox routinely released 12 to 17 movies annually in theatres, but under Disney that slate scaled down to just three to six a year.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
I believe we forgot everything except, of course, personal fear, and it seemed to wipe the slate clean and give us a fresh start.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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But although the faithful had successfully detected a traitor, and even managed to spell his name correctly on their slates, the first round table saw some other players behave in ways that immediately aroused suspicion.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 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
Under Italian corporate rules, shareholders vote for competing slates of directors rather than individual candidates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
She tapped a finger on each answer before setting their slates down on the desk.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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The Anaheim site is slated to become the seventh Porto’s location in Southern California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
“Star Wars: Starfighter,” a new standalone film starring Ryan Gosling as Kade Auberon, is slated to hit theaters May 28.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
The Roadster was slated to start production in 2020, but the plan never materialized.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Both are slated for a trial in New York next June and are being held in a Brooklyn jail.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
War Admiral was slated to run in it, and though Suffolk Downs’s officials made no effort to invite defending champion Seabiscuit, Howard had already entered him.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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“The internet was slating these outfits,” she said in the video.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2024
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
He added he had "no interest in slating anybody or kicking anybody while they are down" as "it ain't my style".
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2021
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
I never got a slating in my life, but then before the criticism was in print I could almost have repeated word for word the phrases that would be used.
From Successful Recitations by Alfred H. (Alfred Henry) Miles
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