the slots

Example Sentences

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Hundreds of applications from teens started pouring in to Sundae School Homemade Ice Cream back in January, and the slots were quickly filled.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

In practice, this can encourage airlines to fly half-empty planes to keep the slots.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

“Because we started off as improvisers, we believed that discovery was better than invention. And if you do an outline, you’re just sort of filling in the slots of the thing you want to invent.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2024

Sliding Klepper into the slots following Stewart's first week back gives Klepper the best odds of riding the Great One's ratings spike, along with granting the show something of a bulwark against rating erosion.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2024

She closed the slots between her flight feathers and maneuvered the bumps like a mogul skier.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George