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Arabian horses are noted for their dished muzzles and large eyes.
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An arcing flat handlebar (above) comes as stock, as do reasonable forward controls, a dished seat and a clever tiny but informative LCD screen built into the handlebar clasp.
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William Roberson, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Grizzly bears typically have short, rounded ears, a dished facial profile, a prominent shoulder hump and 2-4 inch long claws.
—Steven Hill, Field & Stream, 20 June 2024
They’re dished on the horizontal axis, but effectively straight up and down, with a nearly flat profile.
—Mark Knapp, PCMAG, 4 Sep. 2023
Nick Wass/Associated Press Craig Smith’s offensive struggles continued after being dished to Washington as part of the Dmitry Orlov-Garnet Hathaway acquisitions.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023
The Iron Age inhabitants of Broxmouth seem to have been quite house-proud individuals: The floors had a dished profile where they had been eroded by the constant sweeping out of daily waste.
—Lindsey Büster, Discover Magazine, 23 Sep. 2021
The sight lines for this main floor have been worked out as carefully for the balcony and gallery, giving a dished floor, higher in the rear than at the front, but with an ever-changing pitch.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2022
But there is also the rotary dial/selector in the center console, with handwriting recognition built into its shallow, dished surface, like a glass ashtray.
—Dan Neil, WSJ, 17 June 2022
Roy, then only 30, was quick-dished to Colorado in December 1995, just days after staging a hissy fit behind the bench in Montreal for all to see the night he was yanked from net.
—BostonGlobe.com, 9 Oct. 2021
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William Roberson, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Grizzly bears typically have short, rounded ears, a dished facial profile, a prominent shoulder hump and 2-4 inch long claws.
—Steven Hill, Field & Stream, 20 June 2024
They’re dished on the horizontal axis, but effectively straight up and down, with a nearly flat profile.
—Mark Knapp, PCMAG, 4 Sep. 2023
Nick Wass/Associated Press Craig Smith’s offensive struggles continued after being dished to Washington as part of the Dmitry Orlov-Garnet Hathaway acquisitions.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023
The Iron Age inhabitants of Broxmouth seem to have been quite house-proud individuals: The floors had a dished profile where they had been eroded by the constant sweeping out of daily waste.
—Lindsey Büster, Discover Magazine, 23 Sep. 2021
The sight lines for this main floor have been worked out as carefully for the balcony and gallery, giving a dished floor, higher in the rear than at the front, but with an ever-changing pitch.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2022
But there is also the rotary dial/selector in the center console, with handwriting recognition built into its shallow, dished surface, like a glass ashtray.
—Dan Neil, WSJ, 17 June 2022
Roy, then only 30, was quick-dished to Colorado in December 1995, just days after staging a hissy fit behind the bench in Montreal for all to see the night he was yanked from net.
—BostonGlobe.com, 9 Oct. 2021
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“Dished.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dished. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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