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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
Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2025
It should be noted, however, that McCoy’s plat included what became the main section of town and that Campbell left the area before developing his adjoining plat, never to return.
—Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2025
San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2024
He’s got locs now, but before then, he could’ve been seen with his hair permed, straightened, platted, in an Afro, accessorized, and at times topped off with a funky hat or silk headscarf.
—Julian Randall, Essence, 15 Oct. 2024
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Noun
It should be noted, however, that McCoy’s plat included what became the main section of town and that Campbell left the area before developing his adjoining plat, never to return.
—Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2025
It should be noted, however, that McCoy’s plat included what became the main section of town and that Campbell left the area before developing his adjoining plat, never to return.
—Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2025
Verb
But Ohio State platted four in the bottom of the third despite being hitless.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2024
He’s got locs now, but before then, he could’ve been seen with his hair permed, straightened, platted, in an Afro, accessorized, and at times topped off with a funky hat or silk headscarf.
—Julian Randall, Essence, 15 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plat
Verb
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Then, Taylor Russell and Alicia Keys attended Tiffany & Co.’s Blue Book Gala in a two-tiered chignon and braided ponytail respectively.—
India Espy-Jones,
Essence,
28 Apr. 2025
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Loomer and Benjamin effectively braid these threads into a portrait as much of place and community as of a single young woman’s aspirations.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Plat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plat. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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