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Recent Examples of plaques
When activated, those cells begin clearing away existing amyloid plaques, a process that was associated with reduced plaque buildup and improved cognitive function, the study found.
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Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 3 Feb. 2026
And in mice with more advanced conditions, with unstable plaques that are more likely to rupture, treatment reduced the plaque size by 52%.
—New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2025
Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 3 Feb. 2026
And in mice with more advanced conditions, with unstable plaques that are more likely to rupture, treatment reduced the plaque size by 52%.
—New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plaques
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Use buttons to filter wildfires; tap markers for details.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
8 Apr. 2026
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Thirty-four markers have been installed across the county highlighting important sites and battles during the war.—
Sean Tallant,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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For Spain’s film industry, the Goyas are more than a night of trophies.—
Emiliano de Pablos,
Variety,
14 Apr. 2026
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Lucescu resigned in May 2016 after 12 years, 573 matches and 22 trophies.—
Colin Millar,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2026
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Unlike the blue plaques affixed to residences in London, which indicate where notable figures once lived, or the Stolpersteine (or stumbling stones) embedded in the sidewalks of German cities to mark the former homes of Holocaust victims, Bucharest’s red disks are not commemorative but predictive.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The Secret Garden necklace, inlaid with onyx, also includes a smattering of smaller diamond, emerald, and purple sapphire stones.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
13 Apr. 2026
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Since that day in Wisconsin, Vonn has won 84 World Cup titles and three Olympic medals in a career that extended long past the expiration date for most competitors.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
12 Apr. 2026
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For the students who competed in Miami last month, the afternoon ended with medals and trophies, and, for the winning teams, the chance to keep going.—
Ethan Stone,
Miami Herald,
11 Apr. 2026
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Last month, Pogačar won Milan-San Remo, leaving only Roubaix to complete the set of five monuments in one-day cycling along with the Tour of Flanders, Liège–Bastogne–Liège and the Tour of Lombardy.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Trump has said that major cities around the world have such monuments, and Washington is the only one without one.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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Upstairs, Polish artist and designer Zofia Sobolewska Ursic is slicing white onyx into ribbons alongside the workshop’s master technicians.—
Sarah Medford,
Architectural Digest,
8 Apr. 2026
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Pink ribbons now encircle every post and sign as a gesture to our loss.—
Stephen Trimble,
Denver Post,
8 Apr. 2026
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In 1975, the museum purchased his work Georgia Gate, a structure of fluidly bent pine staves inspired by photos of Georgia tombstones the artist saw in musicologist Marshall Stearns’s 1970 book The Story of Jazz.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
8 Mar. 2026
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Last year, the City Council approved an ordinance to offer rewards for information involving theft of city plaques, tombstones, statues, light standards, and copper wire, and theft of metals linked to the Sixth Street Bridge.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Best pizzelle makers Top pizzelle makers under $50 The extra-thick baking plates distribute the heat evenly for making four crispy, browned 3-inch pizzelle cookies at a time.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Inside the expansive dining room, guests pass around family-style plates of pot roast, mac and cheese, and corn salad.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
13 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Plaques.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plaques. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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