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Recent Examples of Synonyms for platters
Noun
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The small but potent plates are Korean in contours with occasional forays to France and Italy.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026 -
To have all those plates spinning.—
Elise Taylor,
Vanity Fair,
11 May 2026
Noun
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Pots simmered on the stove with paella, fruit rotted in bowls next to the junk mail, and the pantry was full of old rusted cans of strange unearthly edibles—bamboo shoots and snails in sauce and lemons floating in brine.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 May 2026
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April's meetup included a morning workout class followed by smoothie bowls and open conversations about stress relief.—
Kaley Fedko,
CBS News,
8 May 2026
Noun
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Beyond frozen treats, the new shop also serves strawberry cups, chamoy apples and mangonada.—
Brock Keeling,
Oc Register,
7 May 2026
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In the kitchen alone, there were hundreds of plates, cups, bowls, platters, glasses, pitchers, vases, and cutlery, impressively organized by type and boxed up in sets, with prices neatly marked on matching labels.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 May 2026
Noun
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These pump coolant through pipes to dissipate heat from servers rather than evaporating water as has been the case in the past.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
28 Apr. 2026
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Guideline, Honeycomb, and others are already rolling out MCP servers so that AI agents can read media plans or observability data directly, rather than screen‑scraping dashboards.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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This means emptying out saucers, watering cans, and baby pools.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
10 May 2026
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Empty bird baths, kiddie pools, buckets and plant saucers every few days.—
Ryan Brennan
April 30,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Colicchio yawned twice waiting for service, which backed up as waiters ran a slew of takeout orders out to the front.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Apr. 2026
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All of that was on plenty of minds as the audience started on spring pea and burrata salad and waiters prepared to serve a main course starring prime chateaubriand and Maine lobster.—
Calvin Woodward,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Platters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/platters. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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