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noun (1)

plural of plat

as in braids

a length of something formed of three or more strands woven together a plat of lace

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plats

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noun (2)

plural of plat

as in fields

a small area of usually open land each settler was granted a plat to farm

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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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plats

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verb

present tense third-person singular of plat

as in weaves

to form into a braid plat yarn into a cord

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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

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In Judge Monica Neuman’s court, a toddler with braids walked in between the rows of benches and dropped milk on the carpet.

— Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026
For glam, Obama wore her braids pulled back into low bun with a few face-framing strands left loose.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 11 Sep. 2026

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Today, that room looks across UC Davis experimental fields — and toward the small airport where the home’s current owner, Elizabeth Thigpen, learned to fly as a teenager.

— David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026
More than 60 have been approved, in fields including respiratory care, cybersecurity and water resource management.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of fields

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If that’s possible, then mathematicians can get many hard-to-prove properties of a regular graph from the matching binomial graph — for free.

— Paulina Rowińska, Quanta Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026
In 2024, Marx, Hill, and several neighbors hired a grazier to bring goats and sheep to nineteen properties in Bennett Ridge.

— Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of properties

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Also, the vocal tracts and brains of our ancestors did not fossilize as they were made of soft tissue.

— Hannah Little, Scientific American, 20 Sep. 2026
When not typing tracts disguised as novels, Sinclair ran regularly and unsuccessfully for political office — the House, the Senate, and, in 1930, the governor of California.

— Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of tracts

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Some earlier assassins expected it of themselves, canceling plots that would have killed bystanders.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
While everyone else is staring at dot plots and hanging on Jensen Huang's every utterance, Illumina (ILMN) has been quietly doing what good charts do.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of plots

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It was found near a Ukrainian cargo plane on airport grounds, where German police safely defused the device.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2026
Six decades earlier, on the same grounds, a young Muhammad Ali absorbed a famous left hook from Henry Cooper late in the fourth round, then finished the fight in the fifth when the referee stopped it because of a severe cut over Cooper’s eye.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of grounds

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The Washington County development, from Hidden Rock and the architecture firm Woods + Dangaran, was designed around large parcels, dramatic terrain, and a relatively light touch on the landscape.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 18 Sep. 2026
The companies hold title to the 72 parcels in the $21 million development, which broke ground July 18, 2025.

— Paula Wethington, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of parcels

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In very cold temperatures, elk may linger longer in clearings.

— Jim Zumbo, Outdoor Life, 10 Sep. 2026
That’s the first of several remaining hard pivots that reveal Aepoh — and later, her Karen kinswoman Aeva (Waywiree Ittianunkul) — as uprooted victims of the authorities’ clearings.

— Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026

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