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[slot] / slɒt /


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Parton's 2014 Glastonbury Festival appearance quickly became one of the defining "Legends" slot performances in the event's history.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

A festival slot does not guarantee that a movie will ever see the light of day with mainstream audiences, let alone get the wide theatrical release that “It Ends” is enjoying now.

From Salon Aug. 24, 2026

The other draw for players: claw machines leverage some of the exact same cognitive hooks as slot machines, said Elliot Ludvig, a University of Warwick psychology professor who studies rewards-based decision-making.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

Fans who did not get a time slot to buy 2028 Olympics could still get opportunities to purchase tickets in 2027.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

Then, in a thin slot in the quiet, she leans and gently touches my head.

From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads

She also became a presenter on Glow Up Ireland, Love Island USA's spin-off Aftersun, and occasional guest slots on ITV's This Morning, as well as fronting her own documentary titled Maura Higgins: You're Joking Me!

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

But Morozov said the program is speeding up now and she believed the 2,000 slots will be filled on time.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

Large containership inquiries have re-accelerated together with continuing tanker and gas-carrier demand, while 2029 slots are nearly full, the analyst says.

From The Wall Street Journal 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

At least I convinced him to leave the other six slots open, else Duck might have six ducklings trailing after him, each more blindingly adequate than the last.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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

The ecosystem does not wait for evidence; it constructs a narrative framework into which evidence, if it ever appears, can be slotted later.

From Salon Jun. 24, 2026

His novels can be slotted into some mystery/thriller subcategories — “Blacktop Wasteland” is a heist novel, “Razorblade Tears” a revenge thriller, “All the Sinners Bleed” a police procedural.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 16, 2026

As they couldn’t go through the mail slot they had been pushed under the door, slotted through the sides, and a few even forced through the small window in the downstairs bathroom.

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling

“I see him slotting into relief and being a two-or-three-inning guy,” Roberts said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

There was mayhem at the packed gathering of fans on 17 June, when Argentina star Lionel Messi scored his first 2026 Fifa World Cup goal by coolly slotting the ball past the Algerian goalkeeper.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

It’s an admirable acknowledgement of those behind the scenes, slotting film reels into the Dryden’s 75-year-old projectors, summoning shimmering worlds before our eyes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 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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