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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
Styling your bookshelves or walls with vintage china plates or crockery is a great way to add some class and charm to your space.
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Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026
Both Domínguez and Cabrera are switch-hitters, and both hit better from the left side of the plate.
—Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
Atelier accommodates breakfast late-risers and does an impressive array of small-plate lunches and dinners for those seeking more casual eats.
—Janice Wald Henderson, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
Carbon doesn't just emerge where tectonic plates meet.
—Ben Mather, Space.com, 7 Feb. 2026
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Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026
Both Domínguez and Cabrera are switch-hitters, and both hit better from the left side of the plate.
—Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
Atelier accommodates breakfast late-risers and does an impressive array of small-plate lunches and dinners for those seeking more casual eats.
—Janice Wald Henderson, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
Carbon doesn't just emerge where tectonic plates meet.
—Ben Mather, Space.com, 7 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plate
Noun
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Mass shootings are rare in Canada, a country with much stricter gun laws than the US, and school shootings of this scale are almost unheard of.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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The company’s forestry arm has planted more than one billion trees, underscoring a scale of stewardship rarely matched in private ownership.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The other agents in the car continued to lie when describing the circumstances of the shooting to the FBI, including in a diagram that purported to show three cars in front of the agents’ Tahoe blocking them from moving forward.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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Inspired by both pre-Columbian cultures and modern scientific theories, Jensen made energetic diagrams of shapes, symbols, and numbers in loud complementary colors, using thick globs of paint; the results generate a fascinating friction.—
Brian Seibert,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
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Here's a look at what's happened when the river became a sheet of ice.—
Stephanie Stremplewski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
7 Feb. 2026
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Numerous tenants complained of going days without hot water during the most severe cold snap of the winter, and photos from the complex show sheets of ice on some walls and a ceiling collapsed on cars in a garage.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
7 Feb. 2026
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The more the industry accelerates, the more impactful fashion illustration feels.—
Laird Borrelli-Persson,
Vogue,
6 Feb. 2026
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Crespi junior forward Cayman Martin epitomizes that illustration after playing junior varsity basketball his sophomore season and blossoming into one of the team’s most reliable players.—
Tarek Fattal,
Daily News,
6 Feb. 2026
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Bad Bunny fans will recognize the Puerto Rican pava straw hat in the graphic, along with some unsubtle anti-ICE imagery.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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The 60-second spot emulates a karaoke screen at a bar, with basic computer animation and less-than-stylish graphics.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
8 Feb. 2026
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The images from the doorbell camera show the intruder approaching the alcoved entryway of Guthrie’s house with his head down, walking hunched over, as if trying to avoid his face being seen.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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But prompts can also contain other videos and images.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2026
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By 2 payouts and previous drawings here.—
USA Today staff,
USA Today,
12 Feb. 2026
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These sheets of paper were then handed over to programmers who inputted the numerical values to make the pencil drawings come alive on-screen.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plate. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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