How to Use slot in a Sentence

slot

1 of 2 noun

• The Jayhawks share the top slot on the bill with the Loved Ones.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2023
• An inch above the peephole was a slot with the name Isidore Atlas.
  — Cynthia Ozick, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
• Time slots are scheduled by the business and can vary day to day.
  — Patricia Marx, The New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2024
• What to Consider The card slot is a bit tight and can be hard to get cards in and out.
  — Kaitlyn McInnis, Travel + Leisure, 25 May 2023
• Swift, Drake, and the Beatles are the only artists to hold all of the top-five slots at one time.
  — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2023
• On the inside, there are two card slots and on the outside, there is a slip pocket on the back.
  — Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2023
• Use a pipe cleaner dipped in bleach solution to clean each one of the slots.
  — Amanda Lauren, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 June 2023
• In a helpful move for families, groups of up to five can book the same time slot.
  — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2023
• The show premieres in its regular time slot of 9 p.m. ET on Feb. 18.
  — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 4 Jan. 2024
• And there were only five movie slots for best picture then.
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 May 2024
• The firm’s address was that giant modern house in the suburbs, the place where the phones rang and my letters fell through the slot.
  — Lucy Sante, The New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2023
• Many parts of the country do not have enough child care providers to offer slots for all children.
  — Moriah Balingit, Quartz, 8 Feb. 2024
• Oregon doughnut makers snagged four of the 100 slots ranked by Yelp.
  — oregonlive, 7 June 2023
• But the key feature was the two SFP slots, which technically make this a 10-port switch.
  — Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 20 Oct. 2023
• Smiley takes the time slot of the station’s jazz show, which then follows Smiley.
  — La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 9 May 2024
• Douglas has been watching film of Welker, Brown, and the other slot guys.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2023
• Golden State can back-fill Quinones’ two-way slot until the March 4 deadline.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024
• With slots for a phone, candle, wine glass, towel, soap and more, this adjustable tray is any bather’s dream.
  — Bellamy Richardson, wsj.com, 8 Nov. 2023
• To that end, there's a slot on the hacksaw frame to add a reciprocating saw blade.
  — Brittany Vincent, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2023
• To use, just hold the sharpener steady on a table and pull the knife’s edge through the appropriate V slot.
  — Jim Cobb, Field & Stream, 21 Sep. 2023
• Advertisement The current team (5-9) stands to fetch a top-10 draft slot.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Dec. 2023
• Each of the school’s 30 or so classrooms has a cellphone storage unit that looks like an over-the-door shoe bag with three dozen smartphone-sized slots.
  — Jocelyn Gecker, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Feb. 2024
• Marlon Humphrey is the team’s top performer at cornerback but plays better in the slot or near the line of scrimmage.
  — Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2023
• The next eight entries in that top 10 are anime series, and the tenth slot belongs to Apple TV+’s Silo.
  — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 26 Jan. 2024
• However, Mikkola fanned, and Cousins pounced, scoring from the slot.
  — Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024
• And the exterior slot pocket is the perfect place to drop your passport or phone.
  — Chadner Navarro, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Dec. 2023
• To that point in the game, Branch had three tackles, two solos, while playing slot cornerback.
  — Jared Ramsey, Detroit Free Press, 8 Sep. 2023
• Elsewhere, the speaker ports, fingerprint reader and sim slot are located in the same spots as the Fold 5.
  — Janhoi McGregor, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
• Also, conference expansion will make both the Big Ten and Big 12 look for more bowl slots.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2023
• Just a year ago, the league struggled to secure a primetime slot for its championship game, the most important of the season.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2023

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slot

2 of 2 verb

• He slotted the piece of wood into the groove.
• Her ideas slot neatly into the theory.
• Pop your foot on the brake, slot it in to drive, and slowly give the throttle a nudge.
  — Alex Goy, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2022
• The other was to slot Pfaadt in on Monday, on nine days’ rest.
  — The Arizona Republic, 20 Apr. 2023
• For team success in 2022, the Cowboys need to slot right back around the top in takeaways.
  — Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2022
• To drink from it, customers have to pull the tab back and slot it into a small opening.
  — Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 27 Jan. 2023
• The match was leveled via Kara, who stepped up to the penalty spot after a handball to slot the ball home.
  — Orlando Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2022
• Read on for some great ones to try—along with some tips on how to slot them into your routine.
  — Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 8 Apr. 2024
• The ball was deflected, but Kolo Muani was still able to pick it up and slot it past Bounou.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2022
• That’s the role Shiv gets slotted into at the end of Succession, though.
  — Vulture, 29 May 2023
• George, who said he’s lost 15 pounds, should be slotted at right tackle when the Gators open the season against Utah on Aug. 31.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 8 Aug. 2023
• Acosta’s 12 goals add up for the joint-second-best tally in the league, and his eight assists slot him as the joint-sixth best.
  — Landon Bartlett, The Enquirer, 21 July 2023
• Martinelli managed to find a fourth goal, slotting home in the 84th minute.
  — Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 20 July 2023
• But the OneWay is magnetic, so the clip on the strap is even easier to slot into its housing on top of the pole.
  — Stephanie Pearson, Outside Online, 30 Aug. 2022
• Benton is slotted at No. 65 to the Texans, with Tippmann at No. 80.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2023
• This clip should ideally slot into the middle of the ring, akin to the earliest ring lights.
  — Ellen McAlpine, CNN Underscored, 5 Nov. 2020
• David Blough should slot into the No. 2 quarterback role for the start of the regular season.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 30 Aug. 2021
• Scooter drivers will drive up to a rack, open their seat, yank out the battery, slot a new one in, and drive on—a process that just takes six seconds.
  — Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 2 Feb. 2024
• The cars will be slotted into the field according to these four-lap average speeds -- with the fastest taking the pole.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Apr. 2023
• Soon after that, someone called to tell her she'd been slotted into a new school course called the Blues Program.
  — Elizabeth Svoboda, Scientific American, 14 Dec. 2023
• Jon Gray should slot as the No. 1 starter in a Rangers rotation that still needs additional help.
  — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2021
• Eovaldi, who put together an All-Star first half, was always meant to slot as the No. 2 starter.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 29 July 2023
• Find a few favorite stretches—and slot them in frequently.
  — Rozalynn S. Frazier, SELF, 9 Aug. 2022
• With all this in mind, keep scrolling to see the latest and greatest formulas to slot into your skin-care routine, stat.
  — Emily Rekstis, Glamour, 20 Apr. 2022
• Briefly Jonas Brodin played for the first time since returning from the break with an illness, slotting into the blue line with Zach Bogosian.
  — John Shipley, Twin Cities, 9 Feb. 2024
• Each of those records was subsumed in its respective world, and Lipa slots neatly next to them with a vision of her own.
  — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 3 May 2024
• The Eras tour concert pic is slotted to play for several weekends.
  — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2023
• The Super Bowl halftime show is slotted for 12-15 minutes.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2024
• Swift rescheduled a show slotted for Saturday in Rio de Janeiro and instead took the stage Monday.
  — Evan Bush, NBC News, 20 Nov. 2023
• But Ohtani and Freeman had instead been flipped, with Ohtani batting second and Freeman slotted directly behind him.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024