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 These changes would prioritize national media slots at the expense of local ones and wouldn’t go into effect until 2029, when MLB is slated to sign new national TV deals. — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 29 Oct. 2026 As a veteran campaigner who is highly familiar with get-out-the-vote efforts, Corey would like to see all Republican slots filled. — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 29 Oct. 2026 More than 100 of those were designated for infants, slots that are especially hard to find. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026 While European customers are generally flocking to the European Space Agency’s Ariane 6 rocket, others are booking slots on upcoming medium-lift rockets, such as Rocket Lab’s Neutron rocket. — Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2026 That arrives this week in a big way in the second, third and fourth slots. — Chris Willman, Variety, 26 Oct. 2026 Musical guest Blossoms are given two slots across the show and are seemingly completely relaxed on stage. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 25 Oct. 2026 Each $98 pair has four magnetic slots and seven charms included. — Madison Collins, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026 Art Basel Paris, which opened on Tuesday for its Avant-Première (super VIP) day, and on Wednesday, for the full VIP preview, canceled its Saturday and Sunday slots, now finishing at the end of the day on Friday. — Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slots
Noun
  • Those are places where many voters look skeptically, even scornfully, upon big cities and the people who run them.
    — Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The volumes insist that Jewish communities be remembered not solely as sites of death but as places where people lived, argued, worked and celebrated.
    — Jennifer Rich, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Picking the urchins up from their niches just takes a little clasp and a wiggle with a pair of tongs.
    — Joseph Ogilvy, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026
  • However, certain niches see much steeper discounts than others.
    — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • These songs are very evidently arranged, with ticklish, left-field grooves and tight pockets—never too tight for the persistent, puckish charm, the elbow-nudging glee.
    — Samuel Hyland, Pitchfork, 28 Oct. 2026
  • But one of the most striking features of Libertad is that even its most intense tracks feature catchy melodies and irresistible grooves.
    — Vanessa Diaz, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Despite a strong growth forecast for the region, unemployment among the fast-growing youth population remains stubbornly high, leading to political instability and leaving the authorities looking for ways to create more jobs.
    — Martin K.N Siele, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Unlike training approaches that largely depend on preparing datasets and updating models before deployment, this framework allows robots to continue learning while performing actual jobs.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026

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“Slots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slots. Accessed 4 Nov. 2026.

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