plies (with)

Definition of plies (with)next
present tense third-person singular of ply (with)
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  • Each year, the Masters doles out millions of dollars in a grand prize that is divided among the players with the best scores.
    Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026
  • McKellen lands every snippy bon mot and backhanded compliment that Julian doles out, but Coel makes every crack in Lori’s facade really count, as the mystery behind her commitment to Julian unfurls.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The company also consults on zero-waste practices for sets such as recyclable craft services items, and helps divert leftover craft services meals to Every Day Action, which distributes food to organizations in need.
    Pat Saperstein, Variety, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Fremantle distributes the series worldwide.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Then, using a scoring system the county selects projects and allocates funds.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The auction allocates securities based on the bids submitted, with primary dealers often purchasing a significant share and then distributing those securities in the secondary market.
    Colin Dodds, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Hameed provides the voice and remote puppetry, while Shah inhabits the bear costume onstage.
    ABC News, ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation offers a Free Snack Program that provides nutritious meals for youths — newborns to 18-year-olds — at its public parks.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, closed for much of the holy month of Ramadan and the Eid al-Fitr holiday, reopened with dawn prayer Thursday, according to Jerusalem’s Islamic Waqf, the Jordanian religious authority that administers the compound.
    Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The drop represents nearly 47% of the state’s participants in the program better known as food stamps and includes about 180,000 children, according to the Arizona Department of Economic Security, which administers the program.
    Nicole Santa Cruz, ProPublica, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Black folks have seen the face of the US’s prerogative state—the side of the government that dispenses arbitrary jurisprudence, discriminatory law enforcement, and violence against those who challenge its authority and dominant ideologies.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Mar. 2026
  • First seen at a night-club table of menacing lowlifes, Ida, whose mother tongue is Brooklynese, suddenly switches to a heavy British accent and dispenses a torrent of highly literary sarcasms.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026
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“Plies (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plies%20%28with%29. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.

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