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Recent Examples of slat
Price-wise, this rack is fairly inexpensive compared to others, but on the downside, its minimalist design isn’t meant to hold small utensils or other tinier objects that might fall through the slats.
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Rachel Simon, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Oct. 2024
Tucked in a grassy alcove with a brown slat fence as a backdrop, Schiller is easier to miss than notice.
—Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 15 Sep. 2024
The soft rubber organizing slats hold snowboards, alpine skis, Nordic skis, or any combination of snow gear, making this contraption a great alternative to leaning gear against the car’s paint or laying it on a rocky, grimy parking lot surface.
—Lisa Jhung, Outside Online, 13 Jan. 2025
Wood Veneer Hub offers these panels in other materials like oak and different colors, not to mention in wider slat sizes (even for the exterior of your home).
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2024
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Rachel Simon, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Oct. 2024
Tucked in a grassy alcove with a brown slat fence as a backdrop, Schiller is easier to miss than notice.
—Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 15 Sep. 2024
The soft rubber organizing slats hold snowboards, alpine skis, Nordic skis, or any combination of snow gear, making this contraption a great alternative to leaning gear against the car’s paint or laying it on a rocky, grimy parking lot surface.
—Lisa Jhung, Outside Online, 13 Jan. 2025
Wood Veneer Hub offers these panels in other materials like oak and different colors, not to mention in wider slat sizes (even for the exterior of your home).
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slat
Noun
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Her tea-length tulle black dress, dating back to the 1950s, featured velvet straps.—
Hannah Malach,
WWD,
16 Feb. 2025
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Like mouth tape, chin straps have not been proven to aid any specific health conditions.—
Greta Cross,
USA TODAY,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Windows in two basement conference rooms were covered with brown paper and blue painter’s tape, concealing their occupants.—
Chris Megerian,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2025
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Blandino said the officials will look at tape, just as coaches from both teams have done leading up to Sunday’s game.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
8 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Eventually, the police department hopes to restore the binding and put the book on display alongside other pieces of the city’s law enforcement history.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Feb. 2025
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Most bindings are designed so the heel releases vertically, or straight up, when force is applied, but not laterally when twisting.—
Larry Olmsted,
Forbes,
9 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Nominated for Best Actress at this year’s BAFTAs, Erivo’s transition from Broadway to film has been the stuff of legends—with three Oscars nominations under her belt, she’s solidified her place among Hollywood’s elite.—
Olivia Allen,
Vogue,
16 Feb. 2025
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With only a trio of films under her belt, writer-director Léonor Serraille has carved her own special niche within the overcrowded world of French arthouse cinema.—
Jordan Mintzer,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Lowry added that she was headed into the shower — and shared a final shot afterward wearing bandages that extend past her neckline.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
People.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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There was also no soot on her skin, in her hair or in the wound; there was no soot on the bandages wrapped around her head, either.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacramento Bee,
26 Jan. 2025
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“Slat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slat. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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