slot
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Picture two slot machines: One pays a known amount; what the other pays you can learn only by playing it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Ace learned to play defensive back and was most effective last season covering slot receivers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
For a moment, Taylor Detector is an exceptionally boring slot machine.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
Every exercise machine in the gym had a slot to connect your iPod directly to a personalized sound system.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
He placed the cage in a slot against a wall, slid open the end, opened a matching door in the wall—and I was free.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
The Authority said that, from Sept. 4, daily slots at the Neopanamax Locks would be limited to nine, with 25 slots open at the Panamax locks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
The county has enough licensed slots for only 4% of children younger than 24 months, according to a 2024 report from the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment at UC Berkeley.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Dropping below that begins to reduce the number of ESC slots available.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
But once followers get a handle on things and get one month ahead, the answers sort of become slots on a change-sorting machine.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
The gunnery slots framed the boys’ dumbstruck faces.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
The £117m signing slotted in his side's second goal after Fulham midfielder Josh King had cancelled out Joao Pedro's opener, which came within 31 seconds.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
But even die-hard college football fans didn’t know Chambliss’s name when he slotted in second on the depth chart last autumn in Mississippi.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Luz Mary Gonzalez, a teacher, sat on the ground with a dozen more volunteers, writing messages of solidarity to be slotted into donation boxes.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
In the past, studios have plucked influencers from their online niche and slotted them into whatever mainstream production needed a face.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
From a crock she selects the slotted spatula she will use.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
“I see him slotting into relief and being a two-or-three-inning guy,” Roberts said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Paul went on his podcast armed with a whiteboard, slotting James into various imaginary lineups around the NBA—Minnesota, Denver, and Philadelphia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
That means it will not just be case of teams slotting into Group A, and then Group B, and then Group C in order as they are drawn.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025
The Manchester United midfielder continued where he left off after the break, slotting home his second after being fed by Ramos.
From Barron's ● Nov. 16, 2025
I wasn’t interested in slotting myself into a passive role, waiting for Barack’s team to give me direction.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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