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as in diagram
something that visually explains or decorates a text
the book's color plate illustrates the internal organs of the human body
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Recent Examples of plate
During an April game, Harper brought a bright blue bat up to the plate in a fun reveal of the new baby.
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Sarah Scott, Parents, 6 Oct. 2025
Serve with crusty bread and a fresh salad to round out a beautiful plate.
—Elizabeth Mervosh, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2025
An employee put cooked dumplings on a plate with her bare hands.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2025
The flan trembled on its plate, oozing a sugary puddle.
—Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
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Sarah Scott, Parents, 6 Oct. 2025
Serve with crusty bread and a fresh salad to round out a beautiful plate.
—Elizabeth Mervosh, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2025
An employee put cooked dumplings on a plate with her bare hands.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2025
The flan trembled on its plate, oozing a sugary puddle.
—Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plate
Noun
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Experiment with these colors on a minor scale, such as on a statement ceiling or your doors.—
Tessa Cooper,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Oct. 2025
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The trade-offs will be on a different scale.—
Jonny Thomson,
Big Think,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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One big advantage of this tool is that the mathematical operations describing the forces between particles can be visualized as diagrams.—
Dipangkar Dutta,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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The critical point represents a unique location on the nuclear phase diagram.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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As specific location closures aren’t finalized, a public Google sheet lists more than 500 locations, marking them as likely closures, two of which are in Nashville.—
Stuart Dyos,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Oct. 2025
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Line a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
5 Oct. 2025
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The final play of the third quarter had served as a perfect illustration of the struggles the second-year quarterback and the Broncos had to that point Sunday.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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The rest of the issues appear in order of publication, complete with their covers—the front usually an illustration set against a single vibrant color, the back often an elegant monochrome photograph by Stacey Sheehan.—
Jo Livingstone,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Why This Refurbished Powerhouse Is Worth It The Surface Book 3 combines an elegant aluminum body with a 15-inch PixelSense touch screen, backed by a quad-core 10th Gen Intel Core i7 processor and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 graphics.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
8 Oct. 2025
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Its available in black, sliver, white, two greys, and two blues, all of which feature gold striping and a matte-black graphics package.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The images could look livelier this season.—
Rob Rossi,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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The initiative, which aims to strengthen the country’s image abroad and attract foreign industry by promoting the Brazilian film industry, is the result of a Technical and Financial Cooperation Agreement between the two organizations.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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One is a permanent memento of his daughter's stick figure drawings.—
Grace Gavilanes,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
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Did anyone win the last Mega Millions drawing?—
Ray Padilla,
Louisville Courier Journal,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plate. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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