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 Note that a 240mm or 360mm radiator/fan will sit just 35mm above the motherboard, and will have to rely on the case’s approximately 58mm of horizontal (leftward) offset to clear the tops of the memory slots of most builds. — Thomas Soderstrom, PC Magazine, 10 Oct. 2026 The Panthers still have two slots on their active roster open, and that likely means two players on the IR/PUP/NFI lists are going to get promoted. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 8 Oct. 2026 Customers at Avenue Flower Shop & Wine Bar play video slots and other games in 2019 at the Oak Lawn business. — Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 The After Hours Til Dawn trek supports The Weeknd’s 2020 album After Hours, 2022’s Dawn FM and 2025’s Hurry Up Tomorrow, all of which claimed the first or second slots on the Billboard 200 upon their release. — Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2026 The mid-budget movies that once filled the majority of Oscar nomination slots are now a rarity. — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2026 Senni is also preparing for a string of festival dates in the coming weeks, including slots at C2C in Turin and Unsound’s flagship Poland festival as well as its London edition in November. — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 6 Oct. 2026 This is the second time the Coffee Crawl company has run this promotion in Sacramento, on the heels of an earlier crawl this summer that quickly filled all of its slots. — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026 The reason Dancing With the Stars doesn’t air live for its West Coast audience stems back to local news and the coveted primetime programming slots. — Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slots
  1. places
  2. niches
  3. grooves
  4. jobs
Noun
  • There were places in the UK that banned it, councils that refused to allow it to be played.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Expanding the use of climate-friendly geothermal energy near places such as the Salton Sea and Sonoma and Modoc counties.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of places
Noun
  • However, certain niches see much steeper discounts than others.
    — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026
  • More bespoke programing tied to specific audience niches could be in store, depending on talks between the company and the NFL.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of niches
Noun
  • Just suffice it to say that both of their projects have broad cross-generational appeal, although Dean’s timeless grooves might be more squarely in the pocket for older voters, whereas Rodrigo has a dad-rock factor going for her.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Even without those, the grooves in the surface keep it from getting slick underfoot.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of grooves
Noun
  • There have been jobs added in Amsterdam, Paris, and Frankfurt.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Workers from India reported having to pay $5,600 to recruiters to get the jobs, but the settlement did not directly address abuses in India, where prosecutors could not investigate, officials said.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of jobs

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“Slots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slots. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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