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Inside a lit paned-glass veranda, an older man in a dark sport coat with white piping and a knotted neck scarf tapped out his pipe on a saucer.
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Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
Saturate cotton balls with clove, lemongrass, or anise essential oils and place them in a saucer near where ants might access a feeder.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 18 May 2025
Allow the plant to drip dry before returning it to its saucer, and flush the soil with water again in a few hours or the following day.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 July 2025
The drama began on Oct. 15, 2009, when Richard, who lived in Fort Collins, Colorado, called 911, claiming his homemade flying saucer had escaped his backyard with his 6-year-old son Falcon inside.
—Abigail Adams, People.com, 18 June 2025
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Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
Saturate cotton balls with clove, lemongrass, or anise essential oils and place them in a saucer near where ants might access a feeder.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 18 May 2025
Allow the plant to drip dry before returning it to its saucer, and flush the soil with water again in a few hours or the following day.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 July 2025
The drama began on Oct. 15, 2009, when Richard, who lived in Fort Collins, Colorado, called 911, claiming his homemade flying saucer had escaped his backyard with his 6-year-old son Falcon inside.
—Abigail Adams, People.com, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saucer
plate
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In the last 30 years, three teams have carried three outfielders (minimum 250 plate appearances) with a negative WAR, according to Baseball Reference.—
Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
29 July 2025
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With Austin Wells entrenched as the Yankees’ starting catcher and Ben Rice getting some chances behind the plate, there haven’t been many opportunities for J.C. Escarra to play.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
29 July 2025
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“Saucer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saucer. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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