as in flatware
eating and serving utensils
laid out the silver for the dinner guests
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Recent Examples of silvers
Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
From bright blondes to sophisticated silvers, women over 50 aren’t just embracing the latest trends—they’re helping define them.
—Odeya Pinkus, InStyle, 12 June 2026
After China swept the Olympic golds, silvers and bronzes in the men’s and women’s singles at the 2008 Games on home soil in Beijing, nations were only allowed to enter two players per competition.
—Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 12 May 2026
Sakamoto never won Olympic gold but leaves with four career Olympic medals including team and individual silvers from the Milan Cortina Olympics.
—Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026
This is the women’s team’s third gold (2026, 2018, 1998), in addition to their four silvers (2002, 2010, 2014, 2022) and one bronze (2006).
—Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
Freestyle skiing has delivered four of the 17 women’s medals for Americans in these Games; Jaelin Kauf got two of those, both silvers in moguls.
—Tim Reynolds, Twin Cities, 21 Feb. 2026
The 22-year-old Gu, who was born in the United States and competes for China, has won two silvers in Italy, finishing second in both slopestyle and big air.
—ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026
The 31-year-old Goepper had switched to halfpipe for this Olympic cycle after winning two silvers and a bronze in slopestyle in the previous three Games.
—CBS News, 20 Feb. 2026
Noun
Sydney Williams claimed uneven bars gold, while Addalye VanGrinsven medaled on all four events, collecting two silvers and two bronze medals.
—Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
From bright blondes to sophisticated silvers, women over 50 aren’t just embracing the latest trends—they’re helping define them.
—Odeya Pinkus, InStyle, 12 June 2026
After China swept the Olympic golds, silvers and bronzes in the men’s and women’s singles at the 2008 Games on home soil in Beijing, nations were only allowed to enter two players per competition.
—Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 12 May 2026
Sakamoto never won Olympic gold but leaves with four career Olympic medals including team and individual silvers from the Milan Cortina Olympics.
—Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026
This is the women’s team’s third gold (2026, 2018, 1998), in addition to their four silvers (2002, 2010, 2014, 2022) and one bronze (2006).
—Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
Freestyle skiing has delivered four of the 17 women’s medals for Americans in these Games; Jaelin Kauf got two of those, both silvers in moguls.
—Tim Reynolds, Twin Cities, 21 Feb. 2026
The 22-year-old Gu, who was born in the United States and competes for China, has won two silvers in Italy, finishing second in both slopestyle and big air.
—ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026
The 31-year-old Goepper had switched to halfpipe for this Olympic cycle after winning two silvers and a bronze in slopestyle in the previous three Games.
—CBS News, 20 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for silvers
Noun
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This suite had a kitchenette that was stocked with flatware, glassware, and tableware, which made happy hour and late night take-out so much more convenient.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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In a somewhat uncanny move, attendees will be asked to bring their own plates and flatware.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
27 May 2026
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Airy meringue frosts this tender, lime-and-coconut cake.—
Hannah Agran,
Midwest Living,
29 Apr. 2026
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These hybrid magnolias display magnificent deep-pink to reddish-purple flowers late enough in spring that frosts seldom damage them.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
8 Mar. 2026
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Alite provided loans at exorbitant rates before threatening violence to collect on them, authorities said, citing the discovery in his home of metal knuckles, an expandable baton, six baseball bats and about two dozen knives, including switchblades.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 June 2026
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Officials said Monday 15 people were taken to the hospital after residents of the Horizon Juvenile Center, which houses young offenders, armed themselves with contraband and makeshift knives as chaos erupted Sunday.—
Jennifer Bisram,
CBS News,
22 June 2026
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Knives and dinner spoons go on the right.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
19 June 2026
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While technically designed for spoons, these savvy kitchen accessories earn their keep with salad tongs, soup ladles, and other tools that need a place to land mid-recipe.—
Mina Dragani,
Architectural Digest,
18 June 2026
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“Silvers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silvers. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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