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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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Pour in an additional 4 cups water (chicken should be covered; if not, add more water).—
Rebecca Firkser,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 May 2026
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The dining room table, where the sisters wrote, is strewn with manuscripts, quill pens and tea cups; a bonnet and shawl bedeck a chair in the small kitchen.—
Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
Noun
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In the same note, Mizuho increased its Super Micro Computer price target to $36 from $30, citing strong demand for AI servers.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
12 May 2026
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The food remains rigorously composed but more attuned to our moment, and the servers, a number of whom have worked for Daniel Boulud for decades, prize warmth as much as decorum.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 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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One of the two waiters, the one who didn’t make sandwiches and was always at the bar, was the one who ruled the roost.—
Óscar Martínez,
The Dial,
30 Apr. 2026
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The most energetic of the waiters kept offering diners shots of pineapple rum.—
Adam Dalva,
Longreads,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Platters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/platters. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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