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Recent Examples of slab
Your patio doesn’t have to be a slab of concrete with a couple of chairs on it.
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Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 28 Apr. 2026
Finally, a second staffer laid a towel over the jerseys, tamped it down a little more, and the two of them carefully slid the slab on top, the two metal latches closing without any effort.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
Regular-size phones have doubled in capacity over the last few years, while thin phones and foldables can now last longer than regular slab phones in the US — Honor’s Magic 8 Pro Air is almost as thin as Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Edge, but has a bigger battery than the S26 Ultra.
—Dominic Preston, The Verge, 25 Apr. 2026
Offshore sat the Farallon plate, an enormous slab of oceanic crust.
—ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2026
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Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 28 Apr. 2026
Finally, a second staffer laid a towel over the jerseys, tamped it down a little more, and the two of them carefully slid the slab on top, the two metal latches closing without any effort.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
Regular-size phones have doubled in capacity over the last few years, while thin phones and foldables can now last longer than regular slab phones in the US — Honor’s Magic 8 Pro Air is almost as thin as Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Edge, but has a bigger battery than the S26 Ultra.
—Dominic Preston, The Verge, 25 Apr. 2026
Offshore sat the Farallon plate, an enormous slab of oceanic crust.
—ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slab
Noun
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In 2001, an 80-pound ingot was bought by a private collector for a record $8 million.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 Mar. 2026
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People will see the deity off, wishing for a prosperous year and eating wonton resembling an ingot.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
14 Feb. 2026
Noun
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When a family loses a loved one, the team fills the box with fingerprints, hair locks and heartbeat strips.—
Laura Berrios,
AJC.com,
7 May 2026
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Stair nosings get a strip of contrasting tone, so the edge stays visible when the hallway is dim.—
Amy Kunst,
Sacbee.com,
7 May 2026
Noun
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At an event yesterday at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead—formerly the Homestake gold mine—project leaders and government supporters gathered to sign the first steel beam to be sent underground, beginning the construction of the facility’s detectors.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
8 May 2026
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With underground installation now underway, Fermilab’s next major target is delivering the first neutrino beam to DUNE by 2031.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
8 May 2026
Noun
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Can create offense through skating and stick skills, and can shoot the puck.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
7 May 2026
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Some of the chemicals that didn’t stick were flushed with the multibillion-dollar industry’s wastewater into local sewer pipes and, eventually, the region’s rivers.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 May 2026
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“Slab.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slab. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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