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[slot] / slɒt /


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Each cruise line has its own casino loyalty program—generally separate from the line’s regular loyalty program—that tracks your activity at table games and slot machines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

She becomes the first British woman to headline Coachella after Charli XCX performed on the main stage in 2025 before Green Day's headline slot.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

Accounts from the time suggest paper sons paid somewhere around $100 per year of age, meaning Chin Sing might have given Lee Him something in the range of $30,000 in today’s dollars for his slot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

This looks like a fascinating three-way battle at the top, with a longtime critics’ fave in the fourth slot, possibly earning his first nomination.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

She gives me the key and I slot it into the padlock and turn it.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Next month she will head off to Australia with Harry Styles for a series of support slots, which the childhood One Direction fan says is "surreal", and something she agreed to with "no questions asked".

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

“Many of the ad slots are now falling below the AI Overview, so a lot of people aren’t making it to that area,” Conner Crowe, a fractional marketing lead, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026

USC admitted 12.6% of first-year applicants this fall for sought-after slots.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 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

Next, he retrieved from his coat his battered pocket chess set—all the little pieces lined up in their respective slots, ready to go to war.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

We just slotted right in with each other.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

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

At the National Bank Open, held this year in Toronto, Canada, ticket sales for her opening round doubled the number of seats available in the venue she was slotted to play in.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

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

It soared a hundred feet above us, smooth along its bottom half, slotted along the upper half to catch the wind, with little spade-shaped ornaments at the top.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram

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

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

The machines will excavate and construct the tunnel as they move, slotting concrete segments into place.

From BBC ● Jan. 27, 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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