How to Use slot in a Sentence
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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
- He slotted the piece of wood into the groove.
- Her ideas slot neatly into the theory.
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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 | Nalvarez@al.com, 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
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