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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 plates
The plates section in the monograph emphasizes this in beautiful, resonant pairings chosen by Steven Rose.
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Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
Restaurants do the same with ads showing happy people enjoying impressively put together plates of food.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Ground the table with a tablecloth or runner, and layer plates, bowls, and napkins in your preferred fall color scheme.
—Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
Brian Hie, who leads the Arc Institute lab, reflected on the moment the plates revealed clearings where bacteria had died.
—Alex Harrington, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Parking garage cameras captured footage of the vehicle used during the theft, which was a 2025 Hyundai Elantra with Georgia plates, according to the incident report, per Atlanta News First.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
But sometimes stress over the sheer volume of what’s on our plates steals the most precious moments.
—Sarah Scott, Parents, 16 Sep. 2025
Gospel music played on speakers, family members served chicken soup, strangers hugged each other, friends left carrying several plates stuffed with leftover food.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
At Terminal 1, it’s slated to serve flights of wine, craft beer from local breweries, small appetizers and cheese and meat plates.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
Restaurants do the same with ads showing happy people enjoying impressively put together plates of food.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Ground the table with a tablecloth or runner, and layer plates, bowls, and napkins in your preferred fall color scheme.
—Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
Brian Hie, who leads the Arc Institute lab, reflected on the moment the plates revealed clearings where bacteria had died.
—Alex Harrington, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Parking garage cameras captured footage of the vehicle used during the theft, which was a 2025 Hyundai Elantra with Georgia plates, according to the incident report, per Atlanta News First.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
But sometimes stress over the sheer volume of what’s on our plates steals the most precious moments.
—Sarah Scott, Parents, 16 Sep. 2025
Gospel music played on speakers, family members served chicken soup, strangers hugged each other, friends left carrying several plates stuffed with leftover food.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
At Terminal 1, it’s slated to serve flights of wine, craft beer from local breweries, small appetizers and cheese and meat plates.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plates
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By extending this concept to a nanoscale particle, the Tokyo team has created a new platform to explore how quantum laws apply at scales larger than atoms but still far smaller than everyday objects.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Sep. 2025
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The scales are tipping, but in a way that’s fair and balanced.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
18 Sep. 2025
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Countless users have commented on them, zoomed in on them, slowed them to a crawl, theorized about them or marked them up with arrows and diagrams and published the results.—
Zeynep Tufekci,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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Similar to architectural blueprints or circuit diagrams, these standardized templates provide simplified overviews of complex organizations, and can be used to turn an ailing company around, or design a healthy one from the ground up.—
Tim Brinkhof,
Big Think,
15 Sep. 2025
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There are no score sheets or empirical grading systems employed.—
Robert F. Moss,
Southern Living,
17 Sep. 2025
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Good luck trying not to smear and stain your clothes, sheets, and furniture.—
Megan McIntyre,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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To wit and in other pattern news, a pink, purple, yellow, and teal graphic combo on a suit and wrap dress manifested itself on the closing look, a strapless pink velvet dress whose multi-color beading recalled the graphics.—
Roxanne Robinson,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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This new prototype expanded graphics to 384x256, allowed the use of more RAM, and ran at 8 MHz, making the prototype noticeably faster than the 5 MHz Lisa yet substantially cheaper.—
Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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The chain also offers side items such as chips and fruit, and cookies as a dessert option.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
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OpenAI has made several other billion-dollar deals recently, including $10 billion to develop custom AI chips with Broadcom.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
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ABC's move is latest high-profile example of media figures facing repercussions for comments about Kirk's killing.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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Facts and figures The Red Sox are 82-69.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
17 Sep. 2025
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The maps are based on the Pew Research Center's publishing of several visual illustrations, based on its 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study, on Tuesday.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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The 336-page hardcover book features 300 color illustrations and retails for $75.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Plates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plates. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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