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as in property
a small piece of land that is developed or available for development
plans to build a shopping center on the last undeveloped plat in town
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Recent Examples of plat
Noah Mitchell, Twin Cities, 16 Apr. 2024
Primary plat approval comes after months of negotiation with the city over plans for the development.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
Everybody knew about the platting requirement and it was swept under the rug.
—Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2025
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Noun
City leaders voted Monday, April 15, approving the preliminary plat and site plan and Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Plan for the project in two 4-1 votes.
—Noah Mitchell, Twin Cities, 16 Apr. 2024
Primary plat approval comes after months of negotiation with the city over plans for the development.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
Verb
Historic records do show that by the late 1830s, a group of five white men platted the land near the settlement and sold lots.
—Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
Everybody knew about the platting requirement and it was swept under the rug.
—Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plat
braid
Verb
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The men are artfully dressed in Victorian silk dresses, their coiffed hair braided, and ornamented (in Park’s case) with a simple crown of three spheres.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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While some programs do ignore people’s broader needs, many others braid housing with social services to get people out of crisis and into help.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Plat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plat. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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