Thesaurus results for SLOTS

slots

noun

plural of slot

as in places

a situation or activity for which a person or thing is best suited called an old friend to see if he could find a slot for his college-age son in the construction business that summer

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Recent Examples of slots None of the candidates electrified any of the debates, as the large field of contenders strategized to win one of the two slots on the November ballot. —

Ted Johnson, Deadline, 3 June 2026 The former law offices have been in the neighborhood for decades, so the hotel slots right into the aesthetic of the Central Business District. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026 Williams is probably on it even if there are only two slots. —

Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 1 June 2026 The Beatles appeared in 14 slots on the ranking dated December 4, 2010. —

Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026 Don’t wait or all the slots will be gone. —

Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 1 June 2026 For years, the engineer slots have been mocked by theme-park enthusiasts as boring tasks — to the point that it was quietly mocked in a stage show at the recent Orlando Fringe Festival. —

Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 May 2026 Attractions will include personal pizzas, immersive photo ops, and, yes, a claw machine, according to Eventbrite, where people will be able to sign up for time slots to go through the attraction. —

Fielding Buck, Daily News, 27 May 2026 Whatever your preferred organizational system, be sure to buy a container that has the right slots for it. —

Bestreviews, Mercury News, 26 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for slots

Noun

Take inventory of your life this year, and let go of people, places and things that have held you back.

— Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 30 May 2026
Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, The Paris Review Daily, The Cut, Tin House, The Guardian, Guernica, The Normal School, The Poetry Foundation, Lambda Literary, and many other places.

— Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 29 May 2026