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pates

noun

plural of pate

as in heads

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 pates The kitchen makes its own terrines, pates and pickles, among other pantry staples, which shine in dishes like mussels in tomato-miso escabeche and burrata with pistachio pistou and fermented honey. — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026 French research suggests that people with numerous, deep forehead wrinkles are more likely to die of heart disease than those with smooth frontal pates. — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2026 Speaking of pates, Dunk also visits the blacksmith, Steely Pate, who offers to sell him armor for 800 stags, or cheaper armor for 600. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026

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Trout, whose Angels tenure has included seven managers and five heads of baseball operations, will now be playing under a new owner for the first time.

— Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Presidential library residence Bill and Hillary still have a place to rest their heads in Little Rock.

— Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 2 Sep. 2026

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Under the state system, local governments make salt tonnage requests for individual salt storage domes.

— Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2026
This fresh water aggressively dissolves the salt walls, widening the cavern and dangerously thinning the structural pillars between adjacent domes.

— Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026

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Protein seems to be on everyone’s minds (and plates) these days, with many of us getting our fill from fish, beef, chicken, or plant proteins like beans, avocados, tofu, and tempeh.

— Randi Gollin, Martha Stewart, 30 Aug. 2026
Cooked beans were held below proper hot holding temperatures.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026

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In groups, these aquatic worms, roughly a few-centimeters long, weave themselves into tangled structures that resemble bundles of thread or noodles in a bowl, but are alive.

— K. R. Prathyusha, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026
If clams aren’t for you, the noodles also come in flavors like gochujang butter, soy sauce butter, truffle bulgogi, and black pepper tteokbokki.

— Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 Aug. 2026

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