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adjective

as in expected
being in accordance with the prescribed, normal, or logical course of events slated to arrive at five o'clock

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slated

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verb (1)

past tense of slate
as in listed
to put (someone or something) on a list you've been slated for a three o'clock interview

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slated

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verb (2)

past tense of slate
as in lashed
to strike repeatedly ready to slate anyone who disagreed

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Recent Examples of slated
Adjective
The vessel's next slated voyage, an 11-night trip from Piraeus (Athens), Greece, was canceled. — Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 19 Feb. 2026 Jackson has clearly outperformed his slated 2026 salary. — Mike Kaye updated January 21, Charlotte Observer, 21 Jan. 2026 The next slated interview, with former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, is on Friday. — Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
The film will be directed by Shawn Levy and is slated to release in 2028. — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 26 July 2026 The flight, which was originally slated for last week but was delayed, ended after an hour and five minutes. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 25 July 2026 Offensively, Klay Kubiak was already slated to call plays in camp. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 25 July 2026 Armstrong is slated for an athletic training center, Paderewski for affordable housing. — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026 With a bevy of high-profile hotel openings and reopenings slated for 2026, the floating city has only underlined its status as the place everyone wants to go. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 25 July 2026 In the 2025-26 school year, most families with an account received $6,864 per student, slated to rise to $7,208 in the upcoming school year. — Arkansas Online, 25 July 2026 The Men’s Rugby World Cup is slated to begin in September 2031 and consist of 24 national teams. — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026 If all goes to plan, orders are slated to ship worldwide in February 2027, and delivery costs and taxes will be calculated once the campaign ends. — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 24 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slated
  1. expected
  2. listed
  3. lashed
  4. scheduled
  5. entered
  6. licked
  7. recorded
  8. pounded
Adjective
  • As an expected Finance Committee vote on the sale was canceled Monday, Conway again highlighted the financial link.
    — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
  • Scenes depicting Charles building the family’s new home, a robbery and even an expected pregnancy illustrate all of this.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 9 July 2026
Definition of expected
Verb
  • The boarding school did not immediately respond to a message left at the general admissions number or an email with a list of questions sent to an address listed online for the school.
    — Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
  • About the new Opera Carolina season The upcoming opera season has more major productions that the company put on during its current season, which listed three main stage shows but put on two.
    — Catherine Muccigrosso July 24, Charlotte Observer, 24 July 2026
Definition of listed
Verb
  • Some lashed out at United’s fan representatives — volunteers who have been working behind the scenes to try to help.
    — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • Beijing lashed out at the European Union after the latter fined AliExpress, the largest Chinese e-commerce platform in the bloc, more than half a billion euros over the uncurbed sale of counterfeit goods on its site.
    — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 22 July 2026
Definition of lashed
Adjective
  • Who will be mayor come next May after the scheduled election in February?
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026
  • However, Bitner’s symptoms returned just days before the scheduled birth.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
Definition of scheduled
Verb
  • The comptroller’s report last year estimated that the subsidy-eligible projects underway would yield more than 15,000 rental units, and more have entered the pipeline since then.
    — Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026
  • That might explain why, now 16 matches into the season, Sporting entered the day dead-last in the Western Conference.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
Definition of entered
Verb
  • Grande licked one of them, and fans were immediately outraged by the moment.
    — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 16 July 2026
  • As flames licked at the fabric and smoke curled toward the ceiling, an overcapacity crowd of more than 1,800 panicked, rushing for the exits and jamming against doors that opened inward.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026
Definition of licked
Verb
  • San Jose recorded 1 million total downtown visits during the six-week FIFA World Cup, officials announced Friday — a final count over 2 ½ times initial projections — driven by energetic watch parties and strong fan culture in the city.
    — Ryan Macasero, Mercury News, 25 July 2026
  • Just over halfway through 2026, the country has recorded more cases than in any other year since 1991 – surpassing a grim milestone that was just topped last year.
    — Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
Definition of recorded
Verb
  • The Ukrainians have also pounded Russian refineries, resulting in more than 50% of the country's capacity coming offline, the analyst said.
    — Spencer Kimball,Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 24 July 2026
  • But the Thai-style of salad—a combination of sour (som) and pounded ingredients (tam)—can be applied to a wide array of produce.
    — Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 July 2026
Definition of pounded

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