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.
—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.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
In a competitive situation, Studiocanal has landed rights to bestselling author Freida McFadden‘s forthcoming thriller The Divorce, slating it for a feature adaptation.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 May 2026
Steve Bannon was one of Pam Bondi’s loudest critics last year, slating her over the Epstein files.
—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.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slating
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Neighbors said the victim was a condo board president who blocked the suspect from entering the complex to protect a tenant in the building before he was fatally shot.—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
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Those sites were designed to look real enough to trick people into entering credit card details, passwords or other sensitive information.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
17 June 2026
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Rahm is a more tame thrill ride who should be licking his chops at a venue like this, but could succumb to the conditions and never recover.—
Mark Harris OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2026
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Monitor pets for behavioral changes, as pets may experience pain, licking or chewing at a wound, loss of appetite and lethargy.—
Mateo Rosiles,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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Chef Michael Riemenschneider, who opened three restaurants in Istanbul, will advise Beren on changes with a Michelin Guide listing as the goal, Unlu said.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 June 2026
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According to court records viewed by Fox News Digital, the country star filed the paperwork on May 18 in Williamson County, Tennessee, listing the date of separation as May 9.—
Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
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Hurricane Fiona pummeled Puerto Rico in September 2022 as a Category 1 storm, lashing once more a power grid that hadn’t been rebuilt from Hurricane Maria.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 June 2026
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Lately, though, the president has upset religious conservatives by posting a Christ-like image of himself online as well as lashing out at Pope Leo and the Vatican.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
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Formed in 1967 in the city that would share its name, Chicago was a major hit-maker for decades, recording nearly 40 albums and selling, according to some sources, more than 100 million records.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
17 June 2026
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The song will be performed by the five BMAC x America250 Voices of Tomorrow grant recipients and some of today’s biggest recording artists, and will be released in early July.—
Christine Imarenezor,
VIBE.com,
17 June 2026
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Joseph, Nomkhitha and the children stood silently around the dining-room table, trying to calm their pounding hearts; the littlest ones shivered from the cold and fear.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
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Eight miles down the road, Ragsdale’s friend and Alva’s former ESL teacher Lisa Weinstein woke up to pounding at her door.—
Karen Valby,
Vanity Fair,
16 June 2026
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The rural counties filing near zero RPOs are not failing because red-flag laws do not work in conservative communities.—
Christopher Carita,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 June 2026
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Due date for individual taxpayers filing on extension (payment was still due April 15).—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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Resourceful and determined to remain unseen, Becky is hiding deep in the woods while planning her own escape.—
Angelique Brenes,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
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Consider, too, that another longtime passion of Swift’s is hiding in plain sight.—
Kase Wickman,
Vanity Fair,
18 June 2026
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“Slating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slating. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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