slots

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 But remove a soft cover, and the metal beneath reveals a series of slots that allow a wide variety of attachments to be fitted into place. ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026 Portland plans to be aggressive with their Under-22 slots to build out a stronger and deeper roster for Cifuentes. Tom Bogert, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Eager foodies can now reserve a spot at Gingie via the restaurant's website, though slots are going fast. Hannah Hudnall, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 Advertising is an increasingly important revenue stream, reducing reliance on subscription pricing alone, while password-sharing crackdowns allow streamers to generate more value from existing audiences through extra member slots. Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2026 Those slots go to Chicago Public Schools’ selective enrollment schools, such as Northside College Prep, which ranked number one in the state among public schools, and Walter Payton College Preparatory High School, which came in second. Pioneer Press, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026 That leaves the final two slots decided between Cindric, Shane van Gisbergen and Ryan Preece, who trails 16th by 31 points heading to Daytona. ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026 The county has enough licensed slots for only 4% of children younger than 24 months, according to a 2024 report from the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment at UC Berkeley. Kate Sequeira, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026 Arizona came into the game in a three-way tie with San Diego and Philadelphia for the NL's final two wild-card slots. CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026
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Noun
  • Heat index values may surpass 100° some places during the afternoon hours.
    Steven Sosna, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Its return coincides with citywide discussions about a lack of third spaces — places outside of work, school and home — for teens to hang out that will keep them off the streets.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • According to the team, each of those characteristics plays out similarly in real fish of various sizes across different ecological niches.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Taiwanese companies now dominate niches from power supplies to chip packaging and cooling systems, allowing global customers to mix and match suppliers while keeping production flexible.
    John Liu, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Its signature Hémisphère features fine grooves encircling each plate like rings around a planet.
    Angela Tafoya, Architectural Digest, 21 Aug. 2026
  • One of them is Electric Piquete, the veteran Miami band full of Latin jazz-funk grooves and poetry.
    Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Do artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT eliminate jobs, create new ones, or both?
    Jeffrey C. Dixon, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The county’s Fire Department has four fire engineer jobs vacancies, and five additional firefighters are on leave.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026

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“Slots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slots. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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