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[Thai Economics Library | Archives (for history)]
March 19, 2008

Slated for, Slated to

slated (verb) - planned for the future

slated for Y
slated to Z
slated to be X
slated to happen
slated to become Y
slated for senate debate
slated to appear in a film
slated to play X in Y (film)
slated to deliver Y by Z (date)
slated to produce product X
new product slated to compete with Y
slated to be there

the trial was slated for Z (date)
shows slated for X (date)
slated for unveiling
slated for unveiling within less than a year
general availability slated for Z (date)
slated for the end of the year
slated for release
state enterprises slated for privatization


Example sentences:

* "The 228-metre-high dam is slated to be the tallest dam in all of Southeast Asia."

* "The computer chip is slated to deliver around 500 MIPS performance by the end of next year."

* "They are also slated to produce affordable mono and colour large-screen X-terminals."

* "Definitely slated to be there are companies such as ICL plc, Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA, Unisys Corp and Univel Inc."

* "The new product is slated to compete with the so-far non-existent Apple Newton."

* "NBI has the recently launched Legend product which is only available on PCs but is slated to move onto the Macintosh soon."


* "The trial was slated for 23 November but it was postponed until 10 January 1949 because Geisler broke three ribs in a car crash and was unfit to appear."

* "London shows are slated for late June, with US dates beginning in August."

* "The unfortunate turn of events also threatened to disrupt plans for the Hamon Building, a 140,000-square-foot three storey annex slated for unveiling within less than a year."

* "UniPlus is in beta testing now, with general availability slated for December."

* "Sunsoft Inc's Solaris 2.0-on-Intel product is still slated for release in April."

* "Through the voucher sales component, employees would be able to buy a controlling share in their enterprises; there would be further voucher issues in 1993 and 1994; and voucher sales would in all account for 35 per cent of state enterprises slated for privatization."

* "The cricketer was allegedly slated to appear in a film opposite Oliver Reed."

* "The actor was originally slated to play Joe Orton in the movie Prick Up Your Ears."


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