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plaque

noun

Definition of plaque

as in marker

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as in trophy

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Recent Examples of plaque Hutt said the plaque celebrates Saba’s contributions toward its surrounding community. — Melody Xu, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026 Organ damage or arterial plaque can be well underway before a diagnostic test ever flags it. — Dr. Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 The set also includes a matching Boba Fett minifigure displayed alongside an information plaque. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 2 July 2026 The plaque on the bridge uses the possessive form, but all official digital records omit it. — Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 29 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for plaque

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Noun

By contrast, companies like Function Health (cost is $365) and InsideTracker ($489 for a blood test & annual membership) now offer panels of 50–250+ markers, making comprehensive testing accessible without a doctor’s order.

— Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
At risk here, three securities law experts told Fortune, is whether the key markers of a fair market, like transparent, timely, and comparable information, are being chipped away.

— Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 20 July 2026

Definition of marker

Noun

Each lifted the Premier League title the following May — part of a treble of trophies in Beckham’s case.

— Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Despite some controversy in the match, La Roja scored a dramatic extra-time winner to claim the World Cup trophy.

— Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 20 July 2026

Definition of trophy

Noun

The people who built the Confederate monument at Stone Mountain were trying to preserve the past.

— John Blake, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
For major memorials and monuments, that review can involve years of consultation before participating agencies and parties reach an agreement on how adverse effects will be addressed.

— Janay Kingsberry, The Atlantic, 19 July 2026

Definition of monument

Noun

At approximately noon today, the first medals of the Centennial Olympic Games will be awarded in women’s air rifle at Wolf Creek.

— Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 20 July 2026
During the presentation of the winners’ medals, many of Romero’s team-mates stayed down the other end of the pitch, with their backs to the ceremony (although there was the odd exception, such as Alexis Mac Allister).

— Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 20 July 2026

Definition of medal

Noun

Its sweeping stone tiers and open-air stage provide an extraordinary setting where history, architecture, and nature converge.

— Dylan Jones, Robb Report, 16 July 2026
Two of those schools — Parkway Elementary and Rainbow Park Elementary, a stone’s throw from where the forum was held — are in District 1.

— Austin Horn July 16, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026

Definition of stone

Noun

Down 7-5 in the seventh, a two-out single by Michael Harris II breathed some life into the Braves’ offense, which had been dormant for the previous 13 plate appearances.

— Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 18 July 2026
Unfortunately for the Yankees, Betts, playing short, made a great, running throw to the plate after receiving Pages’ toss.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 18 July 2026

Definition of plate

Noun

The painful memory of the last citywide revaluation in 2021 is still fresh, with a broad cross-section of homeowners experiencing real estate tax bill sticker shock as residential property values soared in the immediate aftermath of the pandemic.

— Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026
The White man with the wooden cross was Joseph Colt Hamrick, a roofer in Macon, Georgia, and a father of two children.

— John Blake, CNN Money, 19 July 2026

Definition of cross

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The most hazardous items include electrical cords, string, yarn, ribbon, hair ties, rubber bands, plastic bags, medication containers and small fabric pieces.

— Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
The clinic held a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday, and its first child will walk through the doors next Monday.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026

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