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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
In the bottom of the seventh inning, with runners on second and third with nobody out, George Springer stepped to the plate with the chance to tie a 3-1 ball game in favor of the Seattle Mariners, a team desperate for its first-ever World Series appearance in franchise history.
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Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Plus, how cute are the different cats on each plate?
—Nena Farrell, Wired News, 20 Oct. 2025
My spaghetti noodles were swirled around three meatballs on my plate.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2025
Visitors can order them as a plate meal with sides like baked beans cheesy potatoes and jalapeño apple slaw.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2025
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Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Plus, how cute are the different cats on each plate?
—Nena Farrell, Wired News, 20 Oct. 2025
My spaghetti noodles were swirled around three meatballs on my plate.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2025
Visitors can order them as a plate meal with sides like baked beans cheesy potatoes and jalapeño apple slaw.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plate
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From Nvidia on track to see half a trillion dollars in revenue to Microsoft’s and Alphabet’s multi-hundred-billion-dollar capital expenditure plans, the scale is unprecedented.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
29 Oct. 2025
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Indeed, Herbert Saffir, one of the scientists behind the scale, was a structural engineer who focused on wind damage.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
29 Oct. 2025
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It was subsequently given to the artist Kara Walker, who carved it up in accordance with a butcher’s diagram.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2025
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Physically, these explorations can be seen in Dennis’ use of drawings, diagrams and 3D models, sometimes incorporating them with poetry and language.—
Michael James Rocha,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Oct. 2025
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After the Nuggets extend a qualifying offer in all likelihood, Watson’s path to joining a new team will require him to sign an offer sheet, the terms of which Denver has the opportunity to match.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
26 Oct. 2025
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The collection includes 3,100 black-and-white images taken in nearly 300 villages, towns, and cities around the country as well as the negatives and detailed data sheets describing construction techniques, materials, and historical context for each building.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Oct. 2025
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This material is for illustration and discussion purposes and not intended to be, nor construed as, financial, legal, tax or investment advice.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
27 Oct. 2025
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These illustrations offer a closer look at what’s been completed so far and what’s still to come.—
Neil Nakahodo,
Kansas City Star,
25 Oct. 2025
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Yes, here is a handy graphic of the CNN stream schedule.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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This example of the street-legal speed machine is finished in yellow topped with black graphics and comes equipped with Porsche’s high-performance Weissach package.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
28 Oct. 2025
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Other companies, such as BlackSky and Maxar, are providing their own electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) imagery—that is, images in the visible and infrared light spectrums—commercially.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Cinemark will also upgrade its remaining 12 Imax screens to Imax with Laser, a 4K laser projection system developed to deliver the clearest images and best audio through proprietary technology.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
27 Oct. 2025
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Did anyone win the last Powerball drawing?—
Ray Padilla,
Louisville Courier Journal,
29 Oct. 2025
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By the turn of the century, Ernst Haeckel had amassed enough drawings to produce his great masterpiece and the single work most associated with his name, Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plate. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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