pate

as in head
the upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth plopped a cap on his bald pate

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Recent Examples of pate Nashville haunt, with its sliced pork, pate and bologna. Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025 The restaurant is far from an afterthought of the distillery experience, offering a menu of mostly small plates, including pate en croute, beef tartare, trout dip with saltines, frog legs, and gnocchi with mushroom ragu. Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025 Or the witches from The Witches with their terrifying claws and bald pates. Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025 Big smile, twinkling eyes, shiny pate — the father-son resemblance is clear straight away. Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pate
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Noun
  • Be sure to cover your head and neck with your arms, and crawl under a sturdy table if possible.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Experts say many multinational firms are adopting dual leadership models, where global business unit heads in India co-own strategy and product outcomes with their counterparts at headquarters.
    Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Aldo Olivieri, il Gatto Magico (the Magic Cat), who had survived a fractured skull that required drilling to save his life and left him with chronic headaches, became the first-choice goalkeeper.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The sale includes ghost, candy corn, spiderweb, skull, and bat icon glasses, and each set includes four glasses.
    Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The Pucci Palace in Florence, dating back to the fourteenth century, has extraordinary rooftop views of Brunelleschi’s cathedral dome.
    Big Think, Big Think, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The futuristic glass pyramids and stark white domes appear in stark contrast to the rugged Sonoran desert landscape and Catalina Mountains rising in the distance.
    Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Filled with beans, corn, tender chicken, tomato, and avocado, tortilla soup is guaranteed to please a crowd.
    Phoebe Evans, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Drain the beans, then transfer them into an ice bath for 5 minutes.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Dart flung himself noggin-first into an Eagles defender in Week 5, and has been evaluated for a concussion three times in four games.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
  • While surveying a hillside, Mongolian paleontologist Tsogtbaatar Chinzorig of North Carolina State University and a co-author of the new paper, discovered the top of a dinosaur’s noggin sticking out of a cliff.
    Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2025

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“Pate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pate. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.

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