slate
noun
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
slates
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pluralof slate.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Footage shared by the country's prime minister office shows soliders carrying survivors and crawling across thick slates of mud to reach others.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
With strong slates of contenders heading into the 2026 Emmys, that could change for both streamers when the nominations are announced July 8.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
They’re not cardboard cutouts, exactly, but they’re blank enough slates for us to project onto.
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2026
They did their jobs, but they were kind of blank slates and you never saw them in the news after they retired.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
Now she would have to call into play all of her climbing ability to keep going up the treacherously steep smooth slates.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
