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[slot] / slɒt /


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Clay & Buck, after all, took over the time slot that was previously filled by Limbaugh, the OG microphone-as-megaphone gasbag.

From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026

Planners of events agonized over which of the two should be asked to make opening or closing remarks, wondering if either would view one slot as inferior to the other, one of the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

The other night, I gave them their own slot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

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

She stuffs the “fossil” in through the mail slot.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

Former employees of Lighthouse said the company typically sought to enroll kids in full-time or half-time slots, with a preference for full-time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

The museum later apologised to those who had been unable to enter and said they would be issued refunds and priority booking slots for a rearranged time.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 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

But he’d had enough left over to set himself up as a labor broker selling slots into the very heavy crews that he’d escaped.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

Xaver Schlager: The midfielder has slotted in well to the Forest engine room but was unable to influence the game this time.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Fewer than 60 petitions annually get slotted for oral arguments and full review.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 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

To be fair to Maradona, he then scored probably the greatest World Cup goal of all time as he dribbled through half the England team, rounded Shilton and slotted home to double Argentina's lead.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

Each word is slotted into a place in the tree according to its category, because the rules of syntax don’t specify the order of words but rather the order of categories.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

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

His first was a fine solo goal as he ran through, leaving defenders on the floor before slotting in.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 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

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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