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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
Assemble the cake: Place a cake layer on a plate or platter.
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The Enquirer, 3 Jan. 2025
West Coast Taco Bar: The $14 signature meal features Mexican street corn, a three-taco plate and churro doughnuts.
—Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 3 Jan. 2025
The atmosphere, too, was pleasant: tropical modern, with gloss-white plates and tan booths, a black stone bar, soaring stone accent wall, wood plank and ceramic floors below.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
Fletcher’s is a stylish lounge known for craft cocktails and small plates.
—AFAR Media, 19 Dec. 2024
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The Enquirer, 3 Jan. 2025
West Coast Taco Bar: The $14 signature meal features Mexican street corn, a three-taco plate and churro doughnuts.
—Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 3 Jan. 2025
The atmosphere, too, was pleasant: tropical modern, with gloss-white plates and tan booths, a black stone bar, soaring stone accent wall, wood plank and ceramic floors below.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
Fletcher’s is a stylish lounge known for craft cocktails and small plates.
—AFAR Media, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plate
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And Macrae highlighted that Gaelic drama from Scotland has not been attempted at this scale before.Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Jan. 2025
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At the lower end of the attendance scale, three productions filled less than 75% of their seats: A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical (65%), Chicago (74%), and Left on Tenth (53%).Greg Evans, Deadline, 14 Jan. 2025
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Keep scrolling to reveal diagrams of each major investigation, charge or lawsuit these three Miami politicians face, along with the greatest hits of the Herald’s year-long investigation into Miami City Hall.Susan Merriam, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
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The document describes 19 specific rules, with detailed diagrams and explanations to help every referee crew get every call right, in every game, on every play.Sheldon Jacobson, Boston Herald, 3 Jan. 2025
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Trump’s DoE could also replace the fact sheet with one that offers a very different take.Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 17 Jan. 2025
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There’s even a public Google sheet being passed around that lists more than 900 Los Angeles-area therapists who are offering pro bono therapy to process the trauma of the L.A. wildfires.Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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The illustration also includes a completely prostate Mickey Mouse, representing the Walt Disney Company, which owns ABC News.The Editors of ARTnews, ARTnews.com, 8 Jan. 2025
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Source photographs for illustration above: Screenshots from Cameo.Sophie Haigney, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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This graphic from the National Weather Service displays various forecast snowfall totals that Arkansas can expect to see through Friday.Remington Miller, arkansasonline.com, 8 Jan. 2025
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Huang says the new graphics card has up to 4,000 TOPS of AI power.Christopher Null, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2025
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The images of Till’s mutilated corpse stayed in young Ali’s mind.Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
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In particular, Leavitt would scrutinize images of the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds, and had identified 1,800 variable stars within them.Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Jan. 2025
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His drawings show the tail positions and facial expressions wolves use to communicate with other pack members.Al Wolter, Outdoor Life, 10 Jan. 2025
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That’s when local artist Kyle Holbrook went back to the drawing board, making some key changes to his iconic 50-foot piece.Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plate. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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