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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
Max Galvin tallied three base hits in four plate appearances, including two doubles, and was the only Hurricane with multiple hits on the day.
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Cameron Priester, Sun Sentinel, 7 June 2025
In the 118 plate appearances that followed, Bellinger swung at 26.9% pitches out of the zone.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 6 June 2025
Last season, all signs indicated that crouching behind the plate should be Goodman’s permanent position.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 6 June 2025
Using tongs, transfer meatballs and garlic cloves to a large plate.
—Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 30 May 2025
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Cameron Priester, Sun Sentinel, 7 June 2025
In the 118 plate appearances that followed, Bellinger swung at 26.9% pitches out of the zone.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 6 June 2025
Last season, all signs indicated that crouching behind the plate should be Goodman’s permanent position.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 6 June 2025
Using tongs, transfer meatballs and garlic cloves to a large plate.
—Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plate
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Artificial Intelligence Refocused On Risk Management The Biden-era policy positioned artificial intelligence as a strategic asset for defense, encouraging public-private collaboration, dataset sharing and predictive threat detection at scale.—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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The hotel said their scale would appeal to guests from the Middle East.—
Mark Landler,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
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Marshall says following this diagram through her flows has been a wonderful way to enhance her practice.—
Kristin Canning,
SELF,
30 May 2025
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Cecilia didn’t provide details of what happened leading up to the crash or its aftermath, but helped Hayden draw a diagram of where everyone was sitting on the boat, the officer said in her statement.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
20 May 2025
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In February, the new Trump administration rescinded an OCR fact sheet issued by the Department of Education in the waning days of Joe Biden’s presidency.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
9 June 2025
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Come fall, simply swap your cooling sheets for insulated flannel sheets to enjoy this cushy quilt in every season.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
8 June 2025
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With more than 50 tattoos, the imagery comes in a huge variety of artistic styles, from a simple linework Matisse illustration to an intricately detailed Visconti of Milan coat of arms to a classic rose and photorealistic pet portraits.—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
2 June 2025
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The words were names, surnames, dates, cities and towns, sometimes with illustrations for reference, according to the release.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2025
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Fixed a bug in the graphics rendering during battles with specific enemies.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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Imagine spending $3,000 on Nvidia’s latest GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card only to unbox a pile of backpacks instead.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
30 May 2025
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Any federal agent using Clearview or an alternative can take the same footage and run facial images to find matches across photos scraped from social sites.—
Thomas Brewster,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Israeli officials released images of Thunberg and others wearing orange life vests and sitting closely together on the Madleen.—
Kevin Shalvey,
ABC News,
9 June 2025
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Explore the latest lottery news & results When are the West Virginia Lottery drawings held?—
Jay Cannon,
USA Today,
31 May 2025
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The book explores Tessa’s discovery of both the public and private history that her family had fled, told in expressionistic black and white drawings over nearly 400 pages.—
Rob Salkowitz,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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“Plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plate. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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