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platting

verb

present participle of plat

as in braiding

to form into a braid plat yarn into a cord

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Recent Examples of platting On average, the city is platting 892 acres per year and is projected to need 911 acres per year for new growth and development. — Angela George, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 14 Jan. 2026 Bennett told the Star-Telegram that Black Mountain will address residents’ concerns about the demand on power and water grids, as well as flooding, as part of the platting process for the project. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Jan. 2026

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At Friendship Bakery in Kendall, bakers are hard at work rolling and braiding challah dough a week before Rosh Hashanah.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026
Spaces bleed and cross-pollinate, braiding the many overlapping narratives and curatorial agendas organizing this collection.

— Katy Barkan, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

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As a thread weaving through the story’s theme, sequels are a massive topic of discussion, the formula explained by Randy Meeks (Jamie Kennedy) at length.

— Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2026
The Entertainment Development Business Unit of DeNA will begin weaving Utopai’s storytelling AI system, PAI, into its experimental animation workflows.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026

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