slate
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Exploiting a scheduling quirk—Singapore’s 8 p.m. race typically follows a slate of afternoon starts in Europe—the entire paddock just lives in an alternate, nocturnal universe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
A slate of new policies are pushing back against dynamic pricing.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
But even after an action-packed slate of fall product events, analysts say investors may be left wanting.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
All that rickrack distracted from what was otherwise a fairly satisfying but predictable slate of wins.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026
“Master Watson won’t give me big problems to work on my slate, just little ones I can do in my head.”
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
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Footage shared by the country's prime minister office shows soliders carrying survivors and crawling across thick slates of mud to reach others.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Shareholders shouldn’t vote for the two other slates put forward, including the one that includes Lovaglio CEO candidate, as it isn’t in their interest, it says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
They’re not cardboard cutouts, exactly, but they’re blank enough slates for us to project onto.
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2026
Magazines, of course, didn’t originate the longstanding trope of a new year as a site of reinvention, clean slates, new leaves.
From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2026
I pull on the beam, the ceiling groans and down on Mam’s bed there’s a shower of plaster, slates, rain.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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“Intel is currently slated to supply its 14A process, a role TSMC’s own nodes could replace,” Oppenheimer semiconductor equity analyst Rick Schafer wrote in a note to clients that published Monday.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
The Eden Prairie, Minn., company said it expects to realize about $300 million of net run-rate cost synergies within two years of closing, slated for the first half of 2027.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Hurricane Polo, slated to make landfall in Mexico over the weekend, is expected to send big waves north.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Leaders of US AI companies are slated to attend the lavish state dinner set for Thursday.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Team Seabiscuit was slated to stop off in Maryland to fulfill a promise to Alfred Vanderbilt to run in Pimlico’s Dixie Handicap, then go on to meet War Admiral in New York.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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"He was slating Nicola, saying she was lying," said Becky, who then discussed the investigation with another victim, who we're referring to as Charlotte.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2023
But the slating from fans has made Neymar reconsider his future, and attracted fresh blasts for his attitude.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2021
Network executives were already tinkering with the reinvention, but slating “Nashville” for a January premiere helped speed up the process.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2017
She skipped Thursday’s candidate slating, saying party leaders haven’t favored her before and weren’t going to pick her.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 14, 2016
Somebody in their papers has been slating the Dayspring properties, and there's a good deal of stock they couldn't work off.
From A Damaged Reputation by Harold Bindloss
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