slates
- plural of slate.
Example Sentences
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Under Italian corporate rules, shareholders vote for competing slates of directors rather than individual candidates.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
The positive results -- up 23 percent year-on-year -- come as theater owners prepare to gather in Las Vegas for their annual CinemaCon meeting, where studios offer a sneak peak of their upcoming slates.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
They’re not cardboard cutouts, exactly, but they’re blank enough slates for us to project onto.
From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026
Ellison noted that the company was in the midst of ramping up spending by $1.5 billion to build out its theatrical and television content slates.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026
Mam sees her bed buried under plaster and slates and pulls at her hair, What’ll we do at all, at all? and screams at me for interfering with the beams.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
