as in to schedule
to put (someone or something) on a list
you've been slated for a three o'clock interview
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as in to lick
to strike repeatedly
ready to slate anyone who disagreed
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as in gray
of the color gray
the slate sky was a sure sign of rain
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Recent Examples of slate
Carol Cain, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2026
If all goes to plan, orders are slated to ship worldwide in June 2026, and delivery costs will be calculated once the campaign ends.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 13 Feb. 2026
The company’s first industrial-scale project, announced last May, is slated to start operations in 2027 at Chemelot Industrial Park in the Dutch city of Sittard.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 13 Feb. 2026
Blue Ghost is slated to arrive to the moon 45 days after launch for a 14-day mission on the moon.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
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Walsh also talks about the new Gordie Howe International Bridge, which is slated to open in early 2026, and many manufacturers will use it to transport goods in the coming years.
—Carol Cain, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2026
If all goes to plan, orders are slated to ship worldwide in June 2026, and delivery costs will be calculated once the campaign ends.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 13 Feb. 2026
The company’s first industrial-scale project, announced last May, is slated to start operations in 2027 at Chemelot Industrial Park in the Dutch city of Sittard.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 13 Feb. 2026
Blue Ghost is slated to arrive to the moon 45 days after launch for a 14-day mission on the moon.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slate
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For those gray, dreary Berlin February days, the Berlinale this year is offering a colorful fever dream of a cinematic antidote courtesy of Pakistan.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Feb. 2026
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Nearly every color is on sale, including this neutral charcoal gray hue that’s just $25.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
13 Feb. 2026
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Tervel Zamfirov of Bulgaria scored the bronze in a photo finish over Slovenia’s Tim Mastnak, the silver medallist in Beijing.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
8 Feb. 2026
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Authorities identified one victim who was killed when an elderly driver crashed her silver Mercedes sedan into a 99 Ranch Market in Westwood Thursday — an incident that resulted in the death of three people and left several others injured.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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Photos shared by the department show a silvery gray fox bounding majestically across a white snowy plain beneath towering, sunlit alpine peaks.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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So far, he’s been spotted draped in a full-length, white fluffy coat and fire engine-red hat and gloves, watching the women’s downhill race, and casually chatting with onlookers at the curling mixed doubles, adorned in a zip-jacket emblazoned with Team USA players’ faces.—
Sheena McKenzie,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Slate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slate. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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