slats

plural of slat

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Noun
  • The deeper side also includes compression straps; however, the telescoping handle takes up a fair amount of packing space.
    Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Tuck the straps away for a sleek silhouette, then switch to the shoulder strap for lighter loads or carry it briefcase-style when moving in and out of car trunks.
    Sal Vaglica, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • This was made possible thanks to access granted to documentary filmmaker María José Cuevas to hundreds of tapes recorded by the artist himself from the 1970s until shortly before his death in August 2016.
    Natalia Cano, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2025
  • This requires immensely powerful magnetic fields, which are generated by second-generation high-temperature superconducting tapes.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Assuming some children wimped out after the first drink, this statistic suggests that large numbers of Jacksonian-era adults were rolling eight belts deep seven days a week, with all the attendant implications for social and political life.
    Dan Brooks, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025
  • O’Connell said the inspector found more than 20 belts on the Mamba did not lock as required.
    Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025
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“Slats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slats. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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