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Recent Examples of platter
Spoon about 1 teaspoon of the mixture onto each pepper strip, roll up, and arrange on a serving platter.
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Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 8 June 2026
In Cool Water Set the zip-top bag with the frozen meat in a sink or large bowl, cover it with cold water, and weigh the package of meat down with something heavy, like a skillet or big platter.
—Patricia S York, Southern Living, 4 June 2026
Place greens, remaining shallots, herbs, and radishes or cucumber, if using, in a large shallow bowl or on a platter, and add a little more of the dressing.
—Emily Weinstein, Twin Cities, 4 June 2026
Transfer stuffed peppers to a platter.
—Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 June 2026
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Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 8 June 2026
In Cool Water Set the zip-top bag with the frozen meat in a sink or large bowl, cover it with cold water, and weigh the package of meat down with something heavy, like a skillet or big platter.
—Patricia S York, Southern Living, 4 June 2026
Place greens, remaining shallots, herbs, and radishes or cucumber, if using, in a large shallow bowl or on a platter, and add a little more of the dressing.
—Emily Weinstein, Twin Cities, 4 June 2026
Transfer stuffed peppers to a platter.
—Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for platter
Noun
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In the fifth inning, Pasquantino grimaced in pain after a swing at the plate.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
14 June 2026
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The center fielder got out of the batter’s box slowly before taking second base on a throw to the plate.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
13 June 2026
Noun
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Host Craig Melvin gifted the players with Michael Jordan's Cincoro tequila, along with a tray of breakfast sandwiches carried by Roker.—
Chiara Kim,
PEOPLE,
15 June 2026
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Chop it up finely, then put it in an ice cube tray with a thin layer of water on top.—
Heather Bien,
The Spruce,
15 June 2026
Noun
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Signature bowls include the Hash Hash (braised beef, sweet potato hash, horseradish crema, feta and pickled onion) and The Pioneer (shredded chicken, sweet potato hash, Peruvian green sauce, Israeli pico de gallo and micro cilantro).—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
17 June 2026
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Simply set out bowls of coffee grounds among your outdoor seating areas to prevent ants, mosquitoes, fruit flies, and squirmy critters from crashing your barbecue.—
Joey Skladany,
Southern Living,
17 June 2026
Noun
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One casualty was his lovely Princeton apartment, which never came together, more grad-student than dean in its feel, a lonely refrigerator in the kitchen holding only a cup of iced coffee or a jar of mayonnaise.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
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Pour about 1/4 cup of canola, flaxseed, or vegetable oil over the surface of the griddle, and scrub the oil into the surface using a pumice grill block.—
Ann Taylor Pittman,
Southern Living,
18 June 2026
Noun
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One person remembers musing during his first week about buying a fleet of new computer servers, and being told to purchase them right away.—
Gary Sernovitz,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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Data centers require large volumes of water to cool their server farms running 24 hours a day, a resource conflict Fortune has documented from Georgia to Arizona, where developers were using water in communities already experiencing stress.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
15 June 2026
Noun
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This casserole is so good, why just make it for breakfast?—
Nellah Bailey McGough,
Southern Living,
13 June 2026
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Buffalo wing casserole, cheeseburger pie, chicken broccoli casserole, chicken tetrazzini and Nana’s chicken pot pie are all designed to go from freezer to table in 30 minutes.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
11 June 2026
Noun
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My regular waiter, Ryan, always had a glass of orange juice waiting for me at breakfast; my cabin attendant Sabrine kept my fridge stocked with sparkling water; and bartender Dennis always had my cocktail ready to go for me following dinner.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 June 2026
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It’s called the Zeigarnik effect, first studied by the Soviet psychologist Bluma Zeigarnik in 1927, after her professor observed that waiters remembered the details of unpaid orders but forgot orders whose bills had been settled.—
Patricia Marx,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
Noun
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Above the minibar are Kemp’s pretty teacups and saucers designed for Wedgewood.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Allow the top of the soil to dry slightly, and remove saucers after heavy rains.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
30 May 2026
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“Platter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/platter. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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