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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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past tense of slate

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past tense of slate

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Recent Examples of slated
Adjective
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
At least six Starbucks stores in the capital region are among those slated to close this weekend, as the company shutters underperforming locations across North America and eliminates 900 non-retail jobs. Sacbee.com, 26 Sep. 2025 Indiana is continuing to play shorthanded, as Damiris Dantas is slated to miss her sixth straight game in the concussion protocol. Chloe Peterson, IndyStar, 26 Sep. 2025 The company is slated to spin off the bulk of its cable holdings into a new entity called Versant around the end of 2025. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025 The Big 5 Sporting Goods store at the corner of Glenwood and State streets in Garden City is slated to close by the end of the year. Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 26 Sep. 2025 Kansas City is slated to host four group-stage matches during the 2026 World Cup next summer. Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025 NorthShore Classical Academy is slated to open in September 2026, according to a news release from NCA. Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 26 Sep. 2025 The closure makes way for Bar Roka, a new Japanese izakaya concept slated to open later this year at 1904 Broadway, also from M Street. Mackensy Lunsford, Nashville Tennessean, 26 Sep. 2025 Her first collection is slated to debut during Paris Fashion Week for spring 2026. Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slated
Adjective
  • Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s legal bill for her high-stakes congressional hearing on sanctuary cities last March has increased by $100,000, to bring the city’s total expected spending on the matter to a whopping $750,000.
    Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The song could be included in an expected Aaliyah album.
    Trevor Anderson, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • With Humberto's naming, the next scheduled Atlantic storm names were Imelda, Jerry, and Karen.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • To that, Ethan Hawke and Abbott Elementary’s Lisa Ann Walters are the scheduled Live!
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2025

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“Slated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slated. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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