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plates

noun

plural of plate

as in scales

a small thin piece of material that resembles an animal scale the tiny silver plates on the brooch are arranged to look like fish scales

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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 These vessels frequently appeared alongside other pottery associated with household activities, including jars, plates, and cooking pots. — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 14 Nov. 2026 Guests can enjoy the brisket on its own or in sandwiches, combo plates and more. — Sadie Chafe, FOXNews.com, 14 Nov. 2026 Barney slowly circled the sculpture, giving notes about the positioning of the weight plates and the textures of the paint on all the distinctive surfaces. — Zachary Woolfe, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2026 The 2026 Festival of Holidays features six marketplace booths and 15 DCA eateries and food stands offering 29 Sip and Savor small plates. — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 13 Nov. 2026 Mo’Bettahs’ menu Mo’Bettahs’ menu consists of plates with a choice of protein served with white rice and macaroni salad. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Nov. 2026 Shareable plates like coconut shrimp and teriyaki chicken skewers are on the menu too. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Nov. 2026 That approach, mirroring an elephant’s tactile trunk, resulted in a gripper that could hold a sponge and wipe down dirty plates and blindly feel for a pen buried beneath a layer of sand. — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 12 Nov. 2026 There are even some using Southern Living’s pink Richmond Estate plates. — Jennifer Bradley Franklin, Southern Living, 7 Nov. 2026

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His head, aglitter with feathery scales, is small, neat, furious; his wingspan could wipe out several city blocks at once.

— Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 6 Nov. 2026
And this new Godzilla, entirely computer-generated, is an irritable muscle of spikes and scales, or like a sort of angry gothic pineapple.

— Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of scales

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An enormously long, often gratingly obnoxious and violent book rendered in overblown prose, it is also shot through with squiggly doodles and diagrams and bawdy limericks and all kinds of lexicographical shenanigans.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2026
Visio supports flowcharts, process maps, floor plans, network diagrams, and organizational charts.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of diagrams

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At age 9 or 10, Dad put her to work, counting money, separating the carbon sheets from the credit card receipts.

— Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026
Sandra Schmitt, an Aurora resident from the 5th Ward, also objected to Jones, claiming that Jones did not number her petition sheets.

— Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of sheets

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Huang co-founded the company in 1993, initially focusing on graphics processing units, or GPUs, that could render complex images for video games.

— Steve Mollman, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2026
Their videos are edited together in hyper-kinetic, ADD fashion — full of swirling cameras, speedy cutting, floating graphics, and flashing bits of text.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2026

Definition of graphics

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There will be nonstop panels on TV and livestreams, analysts repeating analysis of days-old polls, and — come afternoon — figures from exit polls suggesting that Hispanics are voting in large numbers, or that the economy is a major issue.

— Ben Smith, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2026
In fact, only 33 colleges and universities in the country admit 10% or fewer of their undergraduate applicants, NACAC figures show.

— Jon Marcus, NPR, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of figures

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The two illustrations, featured on the upcoming book's endpapers, offer a glimpse into Shane and Ilya's lives together, depicting their relationship at home and their professional lives.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2026
The film debuted Wednesday and almost immediately attracted scrutiny from viewers who questioned whether generative AI had been used to animate Chomet’s illustrations.

— Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 9 Nov. 2026

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