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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 plates
Gospel music played on speakers, family members served chicken soup, strangers hugged each other, friends left carrying several plates stuffed with leftover food.
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Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Luna Grill serves kabobs, pitas, salads and plates with a choice of chicken, beef, lamb, shrimp, salmon and falafel.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
Expect cask ales, craft beers, and plates like the XXL Stovetop Toastie, served at high tables beneath heritage green tiling.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Divide in half and place on two dinner plates.
—Linda Gassenheimer, Boston Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
The 12-piece line, featuring colorful plates, cups, candleholders, and a show-stopping spiral vase, reimagines classic Swedish holiday traditions with a fresh, joyful edge.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025
Hats off to parents who can spin all the plates and commit to the level of caring and love required to be a parent.
—Mark Gray, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
Tennessee still allows the purchase of Sons of Confederate Veterans plates, which include the Confederate flag.
—Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 3 Sep. 2025
Specifically, the block was placed between two metal plates and connected to a measuring device.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Luna Grill serves kabobs, pitas, salads and plates with a choice of chicken, beef, lamb, shrimp, salmon and falafel.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
Expect cask ales, craft beers, and plates like the XXL Stovetop Toastie, served at high tables beneath heritage green tiling.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Divide in half and place on two dinner plates.
—Linda Gassenheimer, Boston Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
The 12-piece line, featuring colorful plates, cups, candleholders, and a show-stopping spiral vase, reimagines classic Swedish holiday traditions with a fresh, joyful edge.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025
Hats off to parents who can spin all the plates and commit to the level of caring and love required to be a parent.
—Mark Gray, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
Tennessee still allows the purchase of Sons of Confederate Veterans plates, which include the Confederate flag.
—Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 3 Sep. 2025
Specifically, the block was placed between two metal plates and connected to a measuring device.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plates
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That reframes how early magnetism seeded galaxies and plasma behavior on the largest scales.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
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Scientists thought these spiky bits might be spiny scales, like those found on the bodies of rays and sharks.—
Staff Author,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
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The tools included ChatGPT (to organize the campaign and identify marketing leads), Claude (for data tracking and analysis), ManyChat (to create direct messaging links) and Grok (to make diagrams that would help motivate members of her marketing team).—
Edward Segal,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The way to avoid these limitations isn’t to abandon quantum field theory, but rather to go beyond the perturbative approach of Feynman diagrams, and to perform the full analytic calculations demanded by the underlying quantum field theory.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
5 Sep. 2025
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Alpert, who has tried both linen and linen-blend bedding from Piglet, emphasizes the airiness factor of the sheets.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
11 Sep. 2025
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More than 42,000 pillows, sheets, comforters, and more are discounted up to 77 percent, including finds from brands like Sealy, Tempur-Pedic, and Beautyrest.—
Shea Simmons,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
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To wit and in other pattern news, a pink, purple, yellow, and teal graphic combo on a suit and wrap dress manifested itself on the closing look, a strapless pink velvet dress whose multi-color beading recalled the graphics.—
Roxanne Robinson,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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This new prototype expanded graphics to 384x256, allowed the use of more RAM, and ran at 8 MHz, making the prototype noticeably faster than the 5 MHz Lisa yet substantially cheaper.—
Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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The chain also offers side items such as chips and fruit, and cookies as a dessert option.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
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OpenAI has made several other billion-dollar deals recently, including $10 billion to develop custom AI chips with Broadcom.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
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Her comments come as Democrats face a leadership crossroads in Washington, with long-serving figures under scrutiny and younger candidates pushing for change.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Sep. 2025
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Plenty of timepiece brands increased their prices, too, in response to those initial tariff figures back in April, according to Hodinkee.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
10 Sep. 2025
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Ditto the Hammer Studios output of the 1950s and ’60s, Bernie Wrightson’s definitive illustrations of the Creature, oodles of Gothic literature, Roger Corman’s Poe pictures, and Mario Bava’s retina-searing color creep shows.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
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Aniston released her debut children’s book, Clydeo Takes a Bite Out of Life, with illustrations by Bruno Jacob, in October 2024 as the first in a four-book deal between the actress, HarperCollins and Invisible Universe.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Plates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plates. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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