as in entering
to put (someone or something) on a list
you've been slated for a three o'clock interview
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as in licking
to strike repeatedly
ready to slate anyone who disagreed
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Recent Examples of slating
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
7 May 2026
Steve Bannon was one of Pam Bondi’s loudest critics last year, slating her over the Epstein files.
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Rob Crilly,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Apr. 2026
The delay bumped Ship 37 up in the line, slating it to fly Starship's most successful flight to date.
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Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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In a competitive situation, Studiocanal has landed rights to bestselling author Freida McFadden‘s forthcoming thriller The Divorce, slating it for a feature adaptation.
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Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
7 May 2026
Steve Bannon was one of Pam Bondi’s loudest critics last year, slating her over the Epstein files.
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Rob Crilly,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Apr. 2026
The delay bumped Ship 37 up in the line, slating it to fly Starship's most successful flight to date.
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Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slating
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Despite entering the match as overwhelming favorites, Argentina is approaching the match cautiously.
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British singer Ellie Goulding was spotted entering a car while wearing a black cocktail dress.
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But the Carolinas have their own ways of making barbecue finger-licking.
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France’s Kylian Mbappé and Ousmane Dembélé, who each already have four goals in the tournament, will be licking their lips.
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The driver of the fleeing vehicle was booked into the Wyandotte County Detention Center, according to the jail’s inmate listing.
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She's also dreamed about paying down that future pool by listing it on Swimply.
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Unfortunately, this can lead to some individuals lashing out in response to their own insecurities, hate and low bar of aptitude, which is confirmed by the tenor of the attacks.
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Criminal Minds star Paget Brewster is apologizing after lashing out at a critic.
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Herrera’s book justifiably treated the paintings as essentially autobiographical, recording a life of trials and tribulations.
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As a result, recording Clovis was an intensely personal affair for both Shooter Jennings, and one of Waylon’s biggest present-day admirers, Crockett.
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Be mesmerized by the dazzling lasers and pulse-pounding tunes from the movie in this unforgettable experience.
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An apartment surveillance video captured a man pounding on the window, before Davis gave him a key.
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With ballots set to be printed this week, the issue was appealed to the Alaska Supreme Court on an expedited basis, with both sides filing court papers over the weekend.
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The brain creates reference points, filing new information against existing constructs.
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The country’s singular role in hiding Jews from their Nazi occupiers is well documented.
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The anti-Trump rage, the surge of younger, more educated progressive voters, the hunger for someone willing to fight on affordability with policy, message, and tone, in Albany and Washington — all of it was hiding in plain sight for anyone looking at the data rather than the tired, old playbook.
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“Slating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slating. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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