How do you use Slates in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Slates meaning
plural of slate
Using Slates
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of slate
- In the example corpus, slates often appears in combinations such as: slates of, slates are, the slates.
Context around Slates
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 10 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Slates
- In this selection, "slates" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, two, fraudulent, biden, surrounded, campaigning and missing stand out and add context to how "slates" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 162 game slates and are two slates campaigning together. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "slates" sits close to words such as aarp, accretion and aerosols, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with slates
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Gutters were blocked, windows broken and slates missing. (8 words)
The slates were estimated to weigh 80 pounds each. (9 words)
There are two slates campaigning together and pooling resources, though voters can select candidates individually. (15 words)
The indictment accused Trump of organising a push to get fraudulent slates of electors in seven states, all of which he lost, to submit their votes to be counted and certified as official by Congress on January 6, 2021. (39 words)
On the way, there have been invasive weeds to be plucked from cracks in medieval masonry and the relentless task every homeowner will be familiar with – checking thousands of the roof slates are all secure and in place. (38 words)
The same Donald Trump who fought doggedly to have courts, state legislators, his vice-president and members of Congress throw out valid electoral slates from several states and declare him the winner of the 2020 presidential election. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
The scheme, Raskin recalled, "included trying to get state legislatures to void out the Biden slates and replace them with the Trump slates.
A first look at the film was shown during a sizzle reel released in January 2023, showcasing Netflix's upcoming film slates.
After $8 million in upgrades to information technology, the slates are about to be wiped clean for about 80,000 next month.
All 30 clubs will play every team for at least one series, which signaled a decrease in divisional action across the 162-game slates.
An attorney who worked to undermine the results of the 2020 election, Chesebro helped develop the Trump's campaign's plot to put forward unauthorised slates of GOP electors in Georgia and six other states.
And while historically the Northwest suburban municipality hasn't had slates or parties, there's nothing preventing candidates from forming one.
Herman said he was not surprised that the unofficial results didn’t align with the slates of candidates supporting each other.
I guess I just assumed the reason was that we no longer used them like old school slates.
In Eastman’s view, those alternate slates would form the basis of a dispute that only Pence could resolve Jan.
One of the larger splits between the two slates surrounded the potential for a future bond issue.
On the way, there have been invasive weeds to be plucked from cracks in medieval masonry and the relentless task every homeowner will be familiar with – checking thousands of the roof slates are all secure and in place.
That’s a sharp departure from last season when the Chiefs went 13-4 against one of the softest slates.
The indictment accused Trump of organising a push to get fraudulent slates of electors in seven states, all of which he lost, to submit their votes to be counted and certified as official by Congress on January 6, 2021.
The indictment describes them as a “political consultant who helped implement a plan to submit fraudulent slates of presidential electors to obstruct the certification proceeding”.
There are two slates campaigning together and pooling resources, though voters can select candidates individually.
The same Donald Trump who fought doggedly to have courts, state legislators, his vice-president and members of Congress throw out valid electoral slates from several states and declare him the winner of the 2020 presidential election.
The slates were estimated to weigh 80 pounds each.
Trump and his team of supporters is alleged to have used those alternative slates as part of a campaign to pressure then-Vice President into certifying the election in Trump’s favor.
Four mates from Mirfield, ‘The Slates’ are a young, rising-to-the-top indie-rock band who have already racked up over 150,000 streams of their music on Spotify and other major streaming platforms.
Gutters were blocked, windows broken and slates missing.
Common combinations with slates
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- slates of 12×
- slates are 8×
- the slates 7×
- slates and 3×
- two slates 3×
- slates were 3×
- slates in 3×
- slates for 3×
- -game slates 2×
- slates or 2×