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It’s the 12 Days of Slatemas and the gifts are for you! Every day we’re giving you access to something fun to read or do. And on the first day of Slatemas, my fave site gave to me … a partridge in a Pears game. We gave today's Pears game a splash of holiday flavor.
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Slate Pears
Can you find all the words? Can you find the best pear words? Can you beat your friends?
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27 days ago
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Dear Prudie: This was a surprise and filled with a lot of drama, but it’s gotten weirder than you’d imagine.
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Help! I Thought I Knew an Important Part of My Family’s History. Turns Out, I’ve Been Living a Lie.
I'm a mess.
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27 minutes ago
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Trump is going full-blown interventionist after promising not to be an interventionist. How is MAGA coping?
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Trump Just Betrayed His Most Die-Hard Supporters. They’re Cheering Him On Anyway.
It’s not easy to defend the president’s promise to “run” Venezuela after years of criticizing foreign wars. His lackeys are sure going to try.
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about 2 hours ago
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Can you find all the words? Can you find the best pear words?
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Slate Pears Game 142: Jan. 5, 2026
Today's puzzle has 10 pears.
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about 2 hours ago
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Dear Prudie: She expects me to lend her money to print them. She’s calling it an “investment.”
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Help! My Sister Wants Me to “Invest” in Her Plan for Getting Rich. Oh God.
I'm torn.
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about 3 hours ago
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Can you ace the quiz and beat the average?
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A Quinquennium Is a Period of How Many Years?
Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Jan. 5, 2026.
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about 8 hours ago
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Play our petite puzzle. It packs a punch!
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Slate Mini Crossword for Jan. 5, 2026
Take a quick break with our daily 5x5 grid.
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about 8 hours ago
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Fundamentally, we all need to be better news consumers.
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One of the Best New Year’s Resolutions You Can Make in 2026
It's not just journalism that’s at stake; it’s your own brain.
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about 8 hours ago
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The "Trump is a populist" camp is looking especially pathetic after his latest foreign adventure.
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Trump’s Venezuela Invasion Has Exposed One of His Biggest Lies
Trump's apologists promised he'd steer clear of foreign misadventures. They should be embarrassed.
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about 8 hours ago
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“Now I think the United States is not running Venezuela, as President Trump said they were going to do. I think that the United States is essentially holding Venezuela at gunpoint.”
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Don’t Call It a Regime Change
Ugh, he’s calling it the “Donroe Doctrine.”
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about 8 hours ago
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You won’t want to miss Lucy’s dream gift.
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Opening the Slate Plus Vault
Get a little taste of that sweet Slate Plus life with free bonus episodes on Halloween costumes, lullabies, and more.
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about 9 hours ago
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Dear Care and Feeding: It’s damaging relationships between my mother and the rest of the family.
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My Parents Are Forcing Us to Keep a Heartbreaking Secret. It’s Tearing the Family Apart.
Everyone is starting to ask questions.
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about 9 hours ago
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Join Slate’s open thread for the week of January 5.
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Opulent Opera, in This Week’s Open Thread
Join Slate’s open thread for the week of January 5.
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about 14 hours ago
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Climate change is wreaking havoc everywhere. One solution: Scan your home with frickin’ laser beams.
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The Best Tool to Protect Your Home From Disaster Might Be in Your Pocket
Lidar is a high-tech mapping tool used by robotaxis. Now it’s helping homeowners plan for weather disasters.
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about 17 hours ago
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Dear Prudie: They made their choices, not out of necessity, but because they want nicer things.
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Help! My Friends Have Had the Same Complaint for Years. If Only They Knew What I Think About It.
They chose this life.
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about 21 hours ago
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Dear How to Do It: I go out of my way not to have them.
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I Really Want to Climax, but My Orgasms Scare the Living Hell Out of Me
It's not squirt. It's something else entirely.
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1 day ago
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Can you find all the words? Can you find the best pear words?
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Slate Pears Game 141: Jan. 4, 2026
Today's puzzle has five pears.
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1 day ago
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January unfurls like a blindingly white steppe that stretches over nine time zones.
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January Is Frigid, Bleak, and Difficult. But It Offers Us an Unexpected Gift No Other Month Can Match.
It’s a tundra of the calendar and the mind. But that’s not all …
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1 day ago
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Dear Care and Feeding: It’s little things like this that get to me. I know they’re kids, and I know Lila and Andrew have to pick their battles, but I can’t help worrying that ignoring these things will send the message that it’s OK to be greedy or self-centered.
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I Don’t Have Kids. But Even I Can See My Sister is Raising Hers All Wrong.
She can't keep ignoring this!
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1 day ago
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Witty wordplay that won’t take all day.
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Slate Mini Crossword for Jan. 4, 2026
Take a quick break with our daily 5x5 grid.
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1 day ago
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I dreamed of building a holzhausen.
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I Dreamed of Building a Holzhausen. It Was Worth It.
Building a holzhausen became my quest.
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1 day ago
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I spoke to 100 people who have had their uterus removed.
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It’s a Surgery That’s Often Viewed as a Tragedy. For Many, It’s Actually a Wonderful Choice.
The truth about hysterectomies may surprise you.
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1 day ago
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Satire, pranks, stunts, and parody aren’t the weapons they used to be.
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They Turned Pranks, Hoaxes, and Parody Into Iconic Acts of Revenge. Then Something Got Revenge on Them.
In Trump’s exhausting second term, we need them more than ever. But what happens when your target becomes revenge-proof?
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1 day ago
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Will the person who glued all the mugs to the floor please stand up?
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I’m a Workplace Expert. I Can’t Believe This Is How People Are Exacting Revenge at Work.
These are the best revenge stories I’ve heard in nearly 20 years.
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2 days ago
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It really is all about the oil.
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It’s Painfully Clear What Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Is All About
Rarely has an American president been so blatant about his motives.
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2 days ago
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Dear How to Do It: I feel so betrayed!
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I Came Home Early From a Destination Wedding. What I Found In My House Could Tear My Family Apart.
I never want to see my brother-in-law again.
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2 days ago
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Dear How to Do It: I wish size didn't matter.
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Some People Would Kill for the Endowment I Have. Well, It’s Killing Me.
It's more of a curse than a blessing.
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2 days ago
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Dear Care and Feeding: My wife turns 37 this year, and it is like she’s suddenly lost her rational mind.
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My Wife and I Made an Agreement When We Blended Our Families. Now She Wants to Blow It All Up.
I thought we had managed to do the impossible.
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2 days ago
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A bite-size brain teaser from Slate.
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Slate Mini Crossword for Jan. 3, 2026
Take a quick break with our daily 5x5 grid.
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2 days ago
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Mamdani is the mayor. New York is working through its feelings in real time.
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I Came to See Mamdani’s First Big Speech as Mayor. I Found Something Else Entirely.
New York City is working through its feelings in real time.
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2 days ago
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Even John Roberts thought it was nonsense.
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This Is the Nastiest Opinion by a Supreme Court Justice in 2025
It was the perfect shadow-docket sandwich.
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2 days ago
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At the end of a year of Project 2025, looking back at the playbook for autocracy, and resisting it.
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How To Break America, Legally
Sand in the gears can slow the authoritarian roll, even if we can’t stop it.
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2 days ago
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2025 is officially over. Time to overanalyze everything that happened.
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So Was it a Good Year for US Markets or Nah?
2025 was an interesting year for US stock markets and global dealmaking.
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2 days ago
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Kate Lindsay and Charlie Warzel ask: Can we finally call it? Is this Twitter’s official time of death?
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Twitter Is Dead (Really, We Mean It)
The introduction of a new location feature undermines almost all of what was left of the app’s relevance.
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2 days ago
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Dear How to Do It: I hate myself for thinking this way.
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My Wife’s Pregnancy Has Transformed Her in Bed. But the Problem Is What It’s Done to Me.
I didn't expect to feel this way.
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2 days ago
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Dear How to Do It: I didn't know that was on the menu.
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My Husband Put My Hand Under the Table at Dinner. What I Felt Was Sickening.
Now I'm afraid to go anywhere it might happen again.
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3 days ago
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Dear Care and Feeding: Our kid is up to other things all day!
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My Husband and I Were on the Same Page About a Common Parenting Dilemma. Until Now.
He's making me seem unreasonable.
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3 days ago
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And now everyone has the gall to tell me to “drop the drama”?
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Help! My Sister Almost Ruined My Wedding Over Her Diabetic Cat.
And now everyone has the gall to tell me to “drop the drama”?
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3 days ago
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Dear Prudie: I’d invite her over more often if I didn’t have to deal with this issue.
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Help! My Sister-in-Law Insists on Torturing Us at Our Dinner Parties With Her “Offerings.”
She does not get the message!
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3 days ago
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Dear How to Do It: How concerned should I be?
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I Have a Gaggle of Bisexual Boyfriends. I’m a Worried About What They Do When I’m Not Around.
There's a whole world of sex happening without me.
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3 days ago
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Dear Prudie: Not enough is said about how we lose the person we were before having kids.
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Traditional Baby Shower Gifts All Have the Same Problem. There’s a Solution That Doesn’t Require Buying From the Registry.
Prudie replies to readers’ comments and suggestions.
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3 days ago
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Dear How to Do It: I’ve always thought this was a bizarre quirk.
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Every Time My Husband Sees His Mother, He Has a Concerning Sexual Reaction
He needs to move past this.
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3 days ago
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Was he serious about this?
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My Late Husband Left Me With a Very Strange Demand. I’m Not Sure I Can Honor It.
Was he serious about this?
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3 days ago
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Dear Prudence: For some godforsaken reason, my twin sister has decided that some 50-year-old sad sack is her new soulmate.
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My Twin Sister’s New Boyfriend Is a Walking Red Flag. I’m the Only One With the Guts to Say Anything.
What a cliché!
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3 days ago
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The end of Stranger Things is the end of an era.
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Stranger Things Has Finally Come to an End. Did It Stick the Landing?
Netflix’s nostalgia-infused megahit has come to an end. Here’s everything that happens.
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3 days ago
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Dear Care and Feeding, We have a teenage daughter who seems to be in a funk. We are not sure whats going on—she just hibernates in her fortress of solitude day in and out. Help.
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My Teen Daughter Spends All Day in Her Room. Is This OK?
How do I find out if something is really wrong?
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3 days ago
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Democracy is a mental habit we've broken. In 2026, it's time to find a way back.
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Want to Protect Our Democracy? Here Are Three Key Mental Habits.
Long after Trump is gone, the damage will remain. Each of us needs to find a path back.
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3 days ago
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Can you find all the words? Can you find the best pear words?
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Slate Pears Game 139: Jan. 2, 2026
Today's puzzle has 10 pears.
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3 days ago
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Dear How to Do It: Could I have done some damage to myself?
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I Came Across a Video Online That Blew My Mind. My Teenage Self May Have Ruined Everything.
I'm not sure it's possible anymore.
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3 days ago
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Take a nostalgic trip through the year that was 2025 one last time in this week’s Slate News Quiz.
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Test Your Knowledge of 2025’s Big Stories
Think you’re smarter than a Slate senior supervising producer? Find out with this end-of-year news quiz.
https://slate.trib.al/4myMDSR
3 days ago
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Not ready for a full crossword? Try our mini!
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Slate Mini Crossword for Jan. 2, 2026
Take a quick break with our daily 5x5 grid.
https://slate.trib.al/aizQ5rS
3 days ago
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