as in to list
to put (someone or something) on a list
you've been slated for a three o'clock interview
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as in to lick
to strike repeatedly
ready to slate anyone who disagreed
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as in grey
of the color gray
the slate sky was a sure sign of rain
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Recent Examples of slate
CBS News, 21 Nov. 2024
This year's lineup is slated to showcase 22 floats, 17 character balloons, 15 heritage or novelty balloons and more than 700 clowns, according to NBC, which broadcasts the event.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
The band is slated to tour through fall 2025, with the run currently slated to wrap up with Nov. 22-23 stops at Estádio Morum BIS in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
—Sophie Williams, Billboard, 20 Nov. 2024
In 2025, the Bequia Easter Regatta is slated to return after several years without racing.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 20 Nov. 2024
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An Alabama prisoner convicted of the 1994 murder of a female hitchhiker is slated to become the third person executed in the U.S., and Alabama, by nitrogen gas on Thursday.
—CBS News, 21 Nov. 2024
This year's lineup is slated to showcase 22 floats, 17 character balloons, 15 heritage or novelty balloons and more than 700 clowns, according to NBC, which broadcasts the event.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
The band is slated to tour through fall 2025, with the run currently slated to wrap up with Nov. 22-23 stops at Estádio Morum BIS in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
—Sophie Williams, Billboard, 20 Nov. 2024
In 2025, the Bequia Easter Regatta is slated to return after several years without racing.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 20 Nov. 2024
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This, instead, is a frozen grey winterscape of street shadows and perpetual darkness, with appropriate overtones of psychological horror.The Week UK, theweek, 7 Nov. 2024
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Her skin is grey and cracked, her hair is sticking every which way, and she’s got a feral air about her.Katie Campione, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2024
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Traffic camera footage at 67th and Orangewood avenues showed two gray sedans speeding down the road a little after noon.Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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The chill guy in question is a cartoon image of an anthropomorphic dog wearing a gray sweater, blue jeans and red shoes.Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 21 Nov. 2024
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The Roots also performed with child-friendly instruments and with silver pompoms in hand as a wink to the lyrics.Marina Watts, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
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While the hot pants, halter top, and fringed vest are made by their in-house seamstress Meagan Tate and Brad Oldham, brother of famed jeweler Todd Oldham, designed the silver belt buckle, the cheerleaders’ cowboy boots are made by luxury brand Lucchese.Elise Taylor, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Slate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slate. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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