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as in properties
a small piece of land that is developed or available for development
plans to build a shopping center on the last undeveloped plat in town
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as in weaves
to form into a braid
plat yarn into a cord
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Recent Examples of plats
Noah Daly
may 7, Idaho Statesman, 7 May 2026
Rimmer’s company maintains the land is private, citing an October 2024 county letter, while residents point to plats showing public roadways dedicated to the county in the 1970s.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 May 2026
This year’s lie detector session will take place at Gothenburg – Nordstan from January 16 to 18 and at Olof Palmes plats from January 24 to 26.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 12 Jan. 2026
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Construction could begin after the city signs off on annexation, plats and a new water well for the area, but the developer told council members homes are unlikely to be occupied until after ITD finishes its Karcher Road work, with full build‑out expected to take five to 10 years.
—Noah Daly
may 7, Idaho Statesman, 7 May 2026
Rimmer’s company maintains the land is private, citing an October 2024 county letter, while residents point to plats showing public roadways dedicated to the county in the 1970s.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 May 2026
This year’s lie detector session will take place at Gothenburg – Nordstan from January 16 to 18 and at Olof Palmes plats from January 24 to 26.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 12 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plats
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Her golden locks were styled into a dramatic interplay of braids and twists, pinned low on one side to make room for her fascinator.—
Laura Scafati,
Vanity Fair,
20 June 2026
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Lightweight natural braids for hot weather For those who want their curls and coils up and out of the way this summer, consider natural mini braids or twists without extensions (also known as boneless braids).—
Annie Blay-Tettey,
Allure,
18 June 2026
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The ceremony took place near the town of La Hormiga which is surrounded by vast fields of coca bushes, the raw material for cocaine that the Border Commandos export.—
John Otis,
NPR,
21 June 2026
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Students who entered college eager to study literature or history sometimes abandoned those fields because classrooms became places of discomfort rather than intellectual growth.—
Marybeth Gasman,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
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Lan, 69, built a sprawling real estate empire of luxury homes and commercial properties before she was accused of one of the biggest frauds in global history.—
Stephanie Yang,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
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The town moved to amend its zoning regulations to allow for greater flexibility for those who want to convert older office properties into residential or mixed-use redevelopments, with Greenberg a vocal proponent of the changes.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
17 June 2026
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Costco and the owners of four large tracts in Plainfield sued, saying commissioners ignored evidence at hearings.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
15 June 2026
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Program eligibility is restricted to properties in qualifying counties in the greater KC metro area in select census tracts or based on borrower income level (below 80% AMI).—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
10 June 2026
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Our plots run away characters shapeshifting on the page?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 June 2026
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These movies are wildly popular spectacles, even if the plots are a little thin.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
19 June 2026
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She's credited with creating a conservation movement in southern Lebanon that protected sea turtle nesting grounds and southern Lebanon's Mediterranean coast.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
21 June 2026
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In 2019, as Scientific American reported at the time, researchers discovered that some poison frog dads may travel as far as 400 meters (or about a quarter of a mile) in an apparent search for ideal nursery grounds.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
21 June 2026
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The crux of our thesis is that FedEx’s self-help initiatives to optimize its delivery network and prioritize more profitable deliveries, such as specialized health-care parcels, will result in impressive earnings and free cash flow growth.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
21 June 2026
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The two parcels, known as Blocks 5 and 20, each cover about 1 acre on opposite sides of Pier View Way north of Mission Avenue.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 June 2026
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But lurking in the grasslands and forest clearings of at least two southeastern counties is a scaly intruder that state wildlife officials say poses a serious threat to native animals and crops alike.—
Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
4 June 2026
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This process occurs multiple times daily, but it is believed that during one of the clearings, a chlorine air bubble was released, which is atypical, waterpark staff told the fire department.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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“Plats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plats. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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