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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
In another upload, Biles showed various luxury watches in glass cases and a photo of a dinner plate with the Audemars Piguet logo.
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Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 24 Jan. 2025
Much of the food the world needs already exists—it’s just being wasted instead of ending up on the plates of those who need it!
—Danielle Nierenberg, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Between creating their product or service, acquiring customers and hiring necessary staff, startup business owners have a lot on their plates.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
One major demand on HR leaders’ plate that wasn’t as present five years ago is responding to advancements in AI, and their implications for the workforce, Patscot said.
—Hr Brew, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2025
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Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 24 Jan. 2025
Much of the food the world needs already exists—it’s just being wasted instead of ending up on the plates of those who need it!
—Danielle Nierenberg, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Between creating their product or service, acquiring customers and hiring necessary staff, startup business owners have a lot on their plates.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
One major demand on HR leaders’ plate that wasn’t as present five years ago is responding to advancements in AI, and their implications for the workforce, Patscot said.
—Hr Brew, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plate
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The other major factor here is that Joe Biden never forgave Barack Obama for putting his thumb on the scale for Hillary Clinton to become the nominee in 2016.—
Terry Gross,
NPR,
8 Apr. 2025
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Cocaine, marijuana, digital scales, cash and a couple of guns were found inside.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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Valdés drew this art from antique maps and navigational diagrams from the Hispanic Society of America and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.—
Robin Raven,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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One of these diagrams, Pronouns in American Sign Language, 2020, usually hangs on a wall in my apartment.—
Mara Mills,
Artforum,
1 Apr. 2025
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Pound Chicken Place a chicken breast piece between two sheets of plastic wrap.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Apr. 2025
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Among the weird things people left behind were a full sheet of uncut $2 bills, a toilet seat, silicone butt pads, a rattlesnake preserved in a jar of whiskey and an antique French guide to performing exorcisms.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2025
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Photo illustration by Tsering Bista/NPR When journalist Conz Preti brought her three children to visit family in Argentina in 2022, her four-year-old son did something surprising.—
Julia Furlan,
NPR,
5 Apr. 2025
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After the illustrations were complete, Smith had a few Dreamers stand and introduce their super hero characters to the world.—
DeVonne Goode,
Parents,
4 Apr. 2025
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Jeff Rueter’s graphic of the weekend How did other U.S. players get on?—
Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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As seen in the graphic below, there’s also a host of regional banks set to report, providing a pulse on economic activity in different corners of the country.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,Matthew J. Belvedere,
CNBC,
13 Apr. 2025
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The images feature the brand’s ready-to-wear, custom and bespoke suits, the latter of which are available by appointment with the company’s master tailor.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
10 Apr. 2025
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The New Yorker received the National Magazine Award for photography, winning for images illustrating three very distinct stories.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2025
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The eighty-one-year-old Crumb, dressed in a long dark coat and his trademark fedora and Coke-bottle glasses, looked over his drawings as if trying to place old acquaintances at a party.—
Bruce Handy,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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Walz, who has worked many years as a special-education teacher, infuses his drawings with energy, with Theo free falling, sometimes upside down, in a palette of grays and maroons.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plate. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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