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Recent Examples of platingAll the fresh ingredients, inventive recipes, meticulous plating and glorious design means nothing if my food is served by a grumpy waiter or if my water glass is dirty.—Lynne Sullivan, The Providence Journal, 15 Feb. 2026 Since then, they’ve been mostly made up of silver — with six grams of thin gold plating on the outside.—Jacqueline Gu, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026 Save some room for the brown butter almond cake at the end, which sounds deceptively simple but is the very definition of delicious with whimsical plating and delicious—and complex—flavors.—Asonta Benetti, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Jan. 2026 Iron plating, towering masts, narrow sleeping quarters, and vast engine rooms combine to tell the story of a navy undergoing radical technological change.—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for plating
Through the first eight games, the Angels have struck out in 31% of their plate appearances, which is even worse than last year’s 27% rate.
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Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
5 Apr. 2026
Vitello could’ve used the blowout as an opportunity to get Koss and Jared Oliva their first at-bats of the year, but elected to give every plate appearance to his starters.
The heat shield will experience temperatures of up to 5,000 degrees as the spacecraft rapidly slows in a blaze of atmospheric friction.
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William Harwood,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
The most violent and thuggish regime on earth would be free to carry out their campaigns of terror, coercion, conquest, and mass murder from behind a nuclear shield.
The Chinese navy is the world’s largest by hull count, with a battle force of more than 370 ships and submarines and more than 140 major surface combatants.
Still, according to studies, people value a poem, a painting, or a suit of armor much more when they are told that more time and effort went into making it.
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Andrey Mir,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
The mother of three has brought her youngest to Les Invalides, the 17th century military hospital complex founded by Louis XIV, and today a museum which holds many collections of musketeer swords and armor.