slot
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Musk, worth a cool $1 trillion according to Forbes, would slot in at number 23 — just behind Poland, at $1.04 trillion, and ahead of Taiwan, at $920 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
Angela Scanlon is to take over BBC Radio 2's drivetime show after Sara Cox moved to the breakfast slot.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Belfast has fewer venues than comparable cities, such as Dublin or Glasgow, which means acts often wait months for a slot, killing the spontaneity that helps drive any nightlife economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
With “To Catch a Predator” already a hit, NBC execs decide to move the show to a primetime slot to capitalize on its success.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
Inside the slot sat a little fluttering hummingbird cake stretching its wings.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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Pressure to provide more GP appointments is making it harder to include checks for gynaecological cancers within the 10-minute slots, doctors have said.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Still, playing on club teams may be necessary to have a chance at those few slots.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
The legislation followed growing complaints that brokers were obtaining reservations at Los Angeles municipal courses and reselling them, often advertising slots through social media, including the Korean messaging app KakaoTalk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Three of the nine citizen slots on the Board of Regents are vacant, and three more will be next month.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
We’re passing them now, going toward the top right of the H: they’re simple doors with slots outside filled with slips of paper that say who’s living in them and who their doctor is.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
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Garcia-Leys said the plates could not be “used for a crime” or any other purpose unless they were slotted into a vest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Being slotted behind a striker highlighted Goretzka's strengths as a goalscorer.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 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 effect, Livingston was slotted into the same role on the X-ray tube that he had played on the eleven-inch and twenty-seven-inch cyclotrons.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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Newman said that slotting the lieutenant governor into the role of governor in the event of a recall would follow a precedent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
“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
Meanwhile, Semenyo starred for Bournemouth before slotting in seamlessly to the Manchester City attack following his move to Pep Guardiola's side in January, while Igor Thiago has shone up front for Brentford.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026
A little apart from them, an old woman was heading arrows: slotting needle-fine flakes of flint into the shafts, then gluing them in place with a paste of pine.blood and beeswax.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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