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as in diagram
something that visually explains or decorates a text
the book's color plate illustrates the internal organs of the human body
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Recent Examples of plate
And Yasemin is the place to indulge in traditional Turkish small plates and afternoon tea.
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Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
The grill offers a surprising amount of veggie and vegan friendly plates like veggie chili, veggie hot dogs and falafel pita wraps.
—Samantha Husted, Charlotte Observer, 16 Jan. 2025
These Inauguration Day paper plates are sold in sets of eight and are customizable.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025
For some refugees, the reality of 2025 means a hit to their hopes for family members to join them in the U.S.
Refugees weigh in
At a community gathering in Denver late last year, volunteers piled turkey atop paper plates.
—Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Jan. 2025
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Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
The grill offers a surprising amount of veggie and vegan friendly plates like veggie chili, veggie hot dogs and falafel pita wraps.
—Samantha Husted, Charlotte Observer, 16 Jan. 2025
These Inauguration Day paper plates are sold in sets of eight and are customizable.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025
For some refugees, the reality of 2025 means a hit to their hopes for family members to join them in the U.S.
Refugees weigh in
At a community gathering in Denver late last year, volunteers piled turkey atop paper plates.
—Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plate
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With multiple rooms, ever-changing decorations and model trains circling above diners’ heads, Campo developed the same kind of fierce following on a smaller scale as a Casa Bonita, the legendary Tex-Mex restaurant and theme park in Denver.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Jan. 2025
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That skin has scales that aren’t spiky or dangerous in any way, but do resemble dragon skin; hence the name.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Jan. 2025
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Think of your top skills and knowledge like a vin diagram.—
Melissa A. Wheeler,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Into both panels, Martin cut out recesses, some of which contain found images of sunsets and taxonomic diagrams of frogs.—
Sarah Khan Jameson Montgomery Cathy Erway Lindsey Tramuta Jameson Montgomery Reggie Nadelson,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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According to a fact sheet for the F-35, the aircraft is worth $135 million dollars.—
Christopher Cann,
USA TODAY,
29 Jan. 2025
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Compared to other states, California’s pension beneficiaries produced the largest economic output — $87 billion — for the state’s economy, according to the California fact sheet associated with the report.—
William Melhado,
Sacramento Bee,
29 Jan. 2025
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And that was really what started this concept of the illustrations, and the story happening in the book.—
Gillian Telling,
People.com,
22 Jan. 2025
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Photograph: Mother Jones illustration; Getty This story originally appeared on Mother Jones and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.—
Anna Merlan,
WIRED,
18 Jan. 2025
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Alex, in a nod to Los Angeles history, which is so important to him, pulled the graphics that accompany the exhibition and all of the signage from a novelty store called Heaven that was in Century City in the 1970s and ’80s.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
21 Jan. 2025
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The ZBook Studio can only do so much with its RTX 3000 graphics card, which is limited to 70 watts of total graphics power.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
19 Jan. 2025
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The social media user who first shared the image identified it as inauthentic in a follow-up post.—
Joedy McCreary,
USA TODAY,
29 Jan. 2025
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The profile — based on multiple interviews with Ali along with former colleagues, friends and reporters, according to Kiefer — painted an unflattering image of Ali, alleged the plaintiff.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2025
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At age five, his depiction of Tom Mix snagged him a gold medal in the John Wanamaker department store's drawing contest.—
Etelka Lehoczky,
NPR,
21 Jan. 2025
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Tickets cost $2 and can be bought on the day of the drawing, but sales times vary by state.—
Don Sweeney,
Miami Herald,
19 Jan. 2025
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“Plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plate. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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