Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for platings
Noun
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From comfort food classics to more elevated plates, several bites stood out at a preview event.—
Alexa Stone
January 9,
Kansas City Star,
9 Jan. 2026 -
Your purchase includes dinner plates, salad plates, pasta bowls, cereal bowls, and mugs — enough for six people.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Putting the murder shortlist in one person’s hands, rather than letting the shields do the work of specifying who can be killed off, is a major change that gives the Secret Traitor a ton of power without a ton of explanation for their thinking.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
10 Jan. 2026
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Inspectors observed dead roaches in the light shields.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Jan. 2026
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Even better, the pellets can be processed using standard injection-moulding machines — the same ones manufacturers already use for polystyrene test housings.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Nov. 2025
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Batch tabletop miniatures for a weekend campaign, produce cosplay armor sections that fit together cleanly, or prototype brackets and housings for clients with consistent results.—
Shubham Yewale,
PC Magazine,
17 Sep. 2025
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Nuts and fatty fishes, like salmon and sardines, contain omega-3 fatty acids, which are important for building the insulating sheaths that surround the nerve fibers that carry information from one brain cell to another.—
Dana G. Smith,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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Taylor, then with her fourth husband Richard Burton, wanted to ditch her formal '50s style of long skirts and tasteful sheaths.—
Liz McNeil,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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Also in the Tuamotus, on the atoll of Tikehau, divers head out to Tuheiava Pass with Tikehau Diving for regular sightings of mantas at a cleaning station (pinnacles that draw large fish to have their gills, teeth, and carapaces cleaned by smaller ones).—
Terry Ward,
AFAR Media,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Satellites don't spend much time passing through this rarefied region, and most of them are already dead and in the process of being disintegrated by the friction of the thin air against their hulls.—
Kiona N. Smith,
Space.com,
4 Jan. 2026
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Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach take turns transforming into floating marketplaces — docks converted to catwalks, hulls polished to reflective arrogance, sales reps who can quote fuel burn like yacht owners care about costs.—
Eric Barton,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Officers allegedly found about 525 shell casings and 13 firearms.—
Sofia Saric,
Miami Herald,
7 Jan. 2026
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While defense attorneys argued that the teacher provided the only evidence that the shooter was on the south side of the school, prosecutors said that bullet casings would corroborate their argument.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
7 Jan. 2026
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This worldwide effort mails free, high-quality, age-appropriate books to children under age 5 every month, with a goal of sparking a lifetime love of reading.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
12 Oct. 2025
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In the past, only elite researchers had access to their genetic fingerprints, but now personal genotyping is available to anyone who orders the service online and mails in a spit sample.—
Merrill Fabry,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Platings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/platings. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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