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as in bowl
a usually circular utensil for holding something (as food) we threw all of the ingredients for the salsa into a dish and mixed them together

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as in rumor
information or opinion that is widely disseminated without any authority or confirmation of accuracy regularly watches the entertainment news program for all the Hollywood dish

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verb

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Recent Examples of dish
Noun
Patxi’s also served deep dish pizza but closed last summer after an 11-year run in downtown Livermore. Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 3 July 2025 Angelo always orders the tartare di manzo, a simple raw beef dish that shows off the quality of local meat. Keyla Vasconcellos, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
Verb
Bryce, 44, dished on her teenage affections for Colin, 47, on the June 18 episode of the Podcrushed podcast, hosted by Penn Badgley, Nava Kavelin, and Sophie Ansari. Victoria Edel, People.com, 18 June 2025 McDavid made skating through Selke Trophy winner Aleksander Barkov and top defenseman Aaron Ekblad look easy before dishing a perfect pass to Leon Draisaitl, who scored. Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 7 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for dish
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dish
Noun
  • The dip bowl is slightly elevated, ensuring no chip gets too soggy.
    Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 10 July 2025
  • Joe would take it to Panera and fill the giant bowl with Diet Coke, which should last him till lunchtime.
    Michael Russo, New York Times, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • For her second wedding in 1964, Elizabeth Taylor wore a marigold yellow chiffon baby doll dress — her hair braided down her back and strewn with flowers.
    Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 30 June 2025
  • Instead, the robot doll sequel didn’t come close to matching the 2022 original’s box-office launch.
    Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025
Noun
  • Contrary to advance rumors, the film is not a musical, as such, although Sarsgaard conceded that there are some dance routines.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 7 July 2025
  • Expect to continue hearing rumors surrounding McLaurin heading towards the start of the 2025 season.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
Verb
  • In the series’ signature shot, neighbors gossiped from their windows across the airshaft, their voices overlapping.
    Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
  • Small wonder that intelligence services had to work overtime gathering every scrap of information or even gossip to learn even the basics about another country's simple economic statistics – much less its secrets.
    David Szondy May 31, New Atlas, 31 May 2025
Noun
  • The Episode 1 montage progresses to a point when Marcus (Lionel Boyce) slides a tray across the counter, which pushes a plate over the edge — spiking viewers’ stress — until Tina (Liza Colón-Zayas) catches it.
    Abigail Lee, Variety, 5 July 2025
  • But many Americans just wanted to enjoy a plate of ribs, corn on the cob and watermelon with family and friends.
    Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • Along the way, stop to stroll through quaint villages, tour fascinating historic sites and soak up the natural beauty of the region.
    Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Rihanna’s lilac mani couldn’t be simpler, and that’s the beauty of it.
    Catharine Malzahn, Glamour, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • How Net Worth Estimates Were Calculated The approximate net worth figures were derived from publicly available U.S. salary data, industry wage reports and national wealth surveys.
    Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025
  • Yet that message does not appear to be getting through if the staggering numbers revealed in a new technology sector risk report are anything to go by: more than 11 million critical vulnerabilities in tech sector environments are currently exposed to the public internet.
    Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
Verb
  • Sucked underground by an explosive whirlwind, DK must team up with a talking mineral named Odd Rock to prevent VoidCo from reaching the planet’s core, where legend says something has the power to grant wishes.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2025
  • Through it all, Thune kept talking to Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, a moderate Mainer who blanched at the bill’s Medicaid cuts.
    Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 1 July 2025

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“Dish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dish. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.

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