as in silver
eating and serving utensils
asked for inexpensive stemware and flatware for their wedding
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Recent Examples of flatware
Elsa Peretti’s sculptural, minimalist jewelry feels newly modern; at home, antique flatware is making a return to the table.
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Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 4 Dec. 2025
Save on minimalist dinner plates, linen bedding, and even Sabre flatware.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 30 Nov. 2025
The trend expert says ruby-toned tableware, gold flatware, and amethyst glass goblets, set atop a metallic table runner, can set the scene to perfection.
—Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Nov. 2025
The Upper East Side store has an exclusive offering of dinnerware items from the Portuguese brand Valsa Home, plus Big Night’s signature candles Dinner Party and After Party, and Sabre flatware sets.
—Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for flatware
Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 4 Dec. 2025
Save on minimalist dinner plates, linen bedding, and even Sabre flatware.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 30 Nov. 2025
The trend expert says ruby-toned tableware, gold flatware, and amethyst glass goblets, set atop a metallic table runner, can set the scene to perfection.
—Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Nov. 2025
The Upper East Side store has an exclusive offering of dinnerware items from the Portuguese brand Valsa Home, plus Big Night’s signature candles Dinner Party and After Party, and Sabre flatware sets.
—Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flatware
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This marked Leerdam’s first-ever gold medal at the Olympics and her second overall medal after winning silver in Beijing in 2022.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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The American finished with 69 points, one ahead of silver-winning Japan.—
Alex Valdes,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Hurzeler is probably safe for the rest of the season before a summer review of how things stand for a club with ambitions to build on reaching Europe for the first time in 2022-23 by competing regularly in the top half of the table and for their first domestic silverware.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Dishes Plates, silverware, trays, glasses, mixing bowls, casserole dishes, and even cast-iron pans probably line the shelves of your nearby thrift store.—
Sarah Lyon,
Southern Living,
4 Feb. 2026
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Becoming a master of quadruple jumps that no one else can land, rising with all the ease of a young Michael Jordan—before landing on a pair of butcher knives, on ice.—
Stephanie Bai,
The Atlantic,
8 Feb. 2026
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The salesperson in the custom knife shop with a $1,200 pizza cutter on offer — albeit the most beautiful pizza cutter I, personally, have ever seen — said that more customers had started to trickle in now that the fervor on Main Street had died down and the roads were clearer.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Feb. 2026
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During Maison&Objet, the aesthete unveiled five new collections of furniture and tableware at his expansive 11 rue d’Aboukir space.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
22 Jan. 2026
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Unused Dishware and Tableware January is a great time to take inventory of your dishware and tableware collection.—
Maria Sabella,
The Spruce,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Flatware.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flatware. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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