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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
Legette, last year’s first-round pick, will have less on his plate with McMillan in the lineup.
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Mike Kaye
updated August 26, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2025
This option from Piomatic, 33 percent off, has a non-stick plate and five steam outlets for busting out wrinkles, but can also operate as a dry iron.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2025
There are some meals that a flat dinner plate just can’t handle.
—Toni Sutton, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The projector-prism assemblies of the display modules sit behind the plate, flanking the adjustable rubber nosepads on wire arms.
—PC Magazine, 26 Aug. 2025
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Mike Kaye
updated August 26, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2025
This option from Piomatic, 33 percent off, has a non-stick plate and five steam outlets for busting out wrinkles, but can also operate as a dry iron.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2025
There are some meals that a flat dinner plate just can’t handle.
—Toni Sutton, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The projector-prism assemblies of the display modules sit behind the plate, flanking the adjustable rubber nosepads on wire arms.
—PC Magazine, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plate
Noun
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Opponents of the idea see a hand on the scale and a new label on a socialist effort to redistribute wealth and opportunity randomly and haphazardly without a thought as to possible consequences.—
John Scott Lewinski,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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Their results mark a step toward highly efficient solar panels that can be manufactured at an industrial scale.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Sep. 2025
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The way to avoid these limitations isn’t to abandon quantum field theory, but rather to go beyond the perturbative approach of Feynman diagrams, and to perform the full analytic calculations demanded by the underlying quantum field theory.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
5 Sep. 2025
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Work with over 250,000 shapes, link diagrams to live data from Excel or Microsoft Entra ID, and generate org charts automatically.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
4 Sep. 2025
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Litigation risk is now a real line item on the balance sheet of every generative AI firm.—
Sol Rashidi,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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His testimony matches some of those described by the migrants Human Rights Watch spoke with, such as being isolated, having only a sheet and a pillow and receiving little food.—
Mauricio Torres,
CNN Money,
29 Aug. 2025
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In this photo illustration, iPhone screens display various social media apps on the screens on February 9, 2025.—
Emma Marsden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Aug. 2025
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Photo illustration of the YouTube TV logo displayed on a smartphone, with the YouTube logo in the background.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
29 Aug. 2025
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Laser light displays and video board graphics were unique to each song on the setlist, adding to the entertainment.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
2 Sep. 2025
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To begin the new campaign with punchy graphics—think models dressed in creative and funky wares placed in inventive ways on a white backdrop, with the tagline appearing throughout, covering its exterior and interior walls.—
Roxanne Robinson,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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States that sell specialty plates can prohibit images such as the Confederate flag, the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
1 Sep. 2025
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The team returned a year later with more advanced, color cameras to record every inch of the wreckage, including the ship’s swimming pool, grand staircase and bow, generating iconic images still familiar today.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
31 Aug. 2025
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Newsom made very clear that his actions are solely a response to the Texas plan and that California's nonpartisan map drawing approach would be reinstituted at a later date.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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The Power Play multiplier does not apply to prizes won in the Double Play drawing.—
Tanya Wildt,
Freep.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plate. Accessed 7 Sep. 2025.
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