platefuls

plural of plateful
as in loads
a considerable amount a degree in that field would give you a plateful of possibilities for a career

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Noun
  • Lithium batteries often maintain more consistent performance throughout their charge cycle, a trait that may be noticeable when tackling hills or carrying heavier loads.
    Malana VanTyler, USA Today, 24 June 2026
  • This leads to higher fungal loads.
    Ana V. Longo, The Conversation, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • The aim is to cut greenhouse gases from roughly 350,000 tons of organic waste a year and help Los Angeles finally comply with California’s ambitious Senate Bill 1383 composting mandates.
    Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2026
  • There are tons of mice out there with an entire keypad’s worth of thumb buttons — the Razer Naga pioneered the genre.
    Brad Bourque, The Verge, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • Health care stocks, meanwhile, were some of the strongest forces pushing upward on the market after a committee of the European Medicines Agency recommended several medicines for approval and the extension for another dozen of their therapeutic indications.
    Stan Choe, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026
  • Previous cloud-seeding controversies Cloud seeding is now at the center of the rise in weather‑control conspiracy narratives after disasters, such as the tragic Texas floods of 2025 that killed dozens of people, many of them children.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 27 June 2026
Noun
  • What was left of other buildings were buried under piles of their own debris.
    Osmary Hernández, CNN Money, 27 June 2026
  • Idling trucks, sandbag piles and large metal trailers stationed around a massive cold storage facility that burned for days in Boyle Heights signaled that the work to clean up millions of pounds of spoiled food and burned debris had begun Friday morning.
    Jazmin Alvarado, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • The president said that his administration would have to drain the pool and start over again as the new liner shed chunks of itself.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
  • Offerman, whose role provides a framework for the plot, spends chunks of rehearsal watching.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • Exceptionally Aged 15 and Exceptionally Aged 25 will hit the market in limited quantities, each with under 5,000 bottles globally.
    David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Whether selections are sourced from top sites throughout the valley or are from a single exceptional vineyard, all are made in small quantities, often just a handful of barrels.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • Yimvert Berroteran, a promising young talent, was among the hundreds of people who died, the Venezuelan national team and the Venezuelan Football Federation (FVF) said Friday.
    Anabella González, CNN Money, 29 June 2026
  • Temperatures climb after Sunday, with heat indices in the hundreds for multiple days, prompting the National Weather Service to issue an extreme heat watch for Cook County, in effect from Monday through Wednesday.
    Victor Jacobo, CBS News, 28 June 2026
Noun
  • From there, my summer shopping list continues with a vacation-ready dress from Ulla Johnson and lots of cotton separates—Leset’s breezy boxer shorts are my ideal beach-to-street buy.
    Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 24 June 2026
  • Anyone who loves 19th-century design, arts and culture, and lots of shiny things should add this to their dance card.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 June 2026
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“Platefuls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/platefuls. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.

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