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plate

noun

ˈplāt

Definition of plate

as in scale

a small thin piece of material that resembles an animal scale the tiny silver plates on the brooch are arranged to look like fish scales

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as in diagram

something that visually explains or decorates a text the book's color plate illustrates the internal organs of the human body

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Recent Examples of plate Outside of work, her obsessions include the cinema, karaoke, overpriced small plates restaurants and in true London fashion, the pub. — Vogue, 28 Oct. 2026 Contreras was excellent defensively behind the plate and made great use of his team Automatic Ball-Strike System challenges. — Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2026 Cooling plates manage heat during normal operation, while passive barriers and electrical isolation are designed to contain the ugly edge cases that Beta’s testing process intentionally triggers. — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Oct. 2026 There’s Veritas wine, of course, but also your own amuse-bouche plate. — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for plate

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Noun

Purges of officials -- including some viewed as his political rivals -- have been carried out on a scale that led critics to argue the campaign was also used to consolidate his power.

— KANIS LEUNG, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
China’s faster development cycles and greater capacity to move from laboratory to regulator to patient at scale mean that in some fields, Chinese entry will sharpen pressure on pricing, timelines, and standards.

— Ruby Wang, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2026

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One reading of Untitled is as a diagram of how desire shapes our perception of one another and of ourselves.

— Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
The reconstruction was made trickier, however, by the fact that the crew weren’t allowed to take photographs inside Downing Street and there aren’t diagrams online.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of diagram

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Some songs are difficult to follow without lyric sheets in hand, and even then, the internal logic collapses, baiting you in with coherent ideas before going in another direction.

— Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 29 Oct. 2026
Diving In One common tip from solvers was to try to make your category groups outside of the game before guessing, such as writing them down on a sheet of paper or on your phone.

— Isaac Aronow, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of sheet

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IllustratorMagic generates the text, illustrations, and page layouts, producing a complete book rather than separate images that require manual assembly.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 25 Oct. 2026
An illustration shows the life-size bronze sculpture of dueling film critics Gene Siskel, left, and Roger Ebert that will soon be unveiled at the One Two Pru office complex near Millennium Park and The Magnificent Mile.

— Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of illustration

Noun

Aljafari is recognized for his distinctive cinematic practice exploring memory, history, identity and the politics of images.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 26 Oct. 2026
Rather than embrace the provocative image associated with some of her early roles, Portman maintained a more reserved public image.

— Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of image

Noun

That isn’t unusual for someone who draws and paints every day — but this latest dirt is real, dug from the ground in Yorkshire and Warwickshire, England, and used as the medium for her drawings of trees and landscapes.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026
While Schwartz retells classic folklore tales with humor and goosebumps in equal measure, Gammell’s powerful drawings nudge children wordlessly toward the ghoulish.

— Liz Rosenberg, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2026

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