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slot

noun

ˈslät

Definition of slot

as in place

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 slot Pittsburgh turned the puck over behind its net and Anton Frondell fed Teravainen in the low slot for his first goal of the season. — CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026 The mounting holes, locating slots, and curved bodies reproduced clearly, although visible layer lines and some surface unevenness made these less polished than my fine-detail test prints. — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026 Both versions add Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, USB-C, a microSD card slot, FLAC playback, and more. — Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 14 Oct. 2026 Roughly halfway through the first, Montreal regained the lead, as Hutson, playing against younger brother Cole for the first time, beat Charlie Lindgren on a quick shot from the slot. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for slot

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Pierce and Kember were born in the same place on the same day, a lore-enhancing coincidence too stupid to make up.

— Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026
This tiny place lies 155 miles north of the Arctic Circle, beside Torneträsk, a 43-mile-long lake.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of place

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Big institutions like the Louvre and the Élysée Palace are better avoided; instead, visit some of the city's niche sights and smaller museums.

— Alessia Armenise, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2026
Unlike its mass-market vehicles, the niche sports car won’t sell in large volumes.

— Bilin Lin, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of niche

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Aledo builds momentum, downs Arlington Aledo’s offense has found a groove.

— Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2026
The production is a rattling junk drawer of circuit-bent thrift-store keyboards, dusty drum machines, and unintuitive loops, and KTO combines them into head-scratching, shouldn’t-work grooves.

— Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026

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