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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
By the end of the judging for the 2025 list, Vaughn will have visited more than a hundred and eighty barbecue restaurants across the state in the span of six months, or an average of at least one plate of barbecue every day.
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Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2025
Also included in the box is a comprehensive user guide, mounting hardware, a mounting plate, wiring labels, and a wall plate.
—PCMAG, 21 Feb. 2025
Most of the people sitting at the sushi bar are actually hunched over plates of orange chicken or Panda beef.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
After a loud beep, one steps onto a metal plate as a set of white tubes descends onto her teats.
—Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Feb. 2025
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Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2025
Also included in the box is a comprehensive user guide, mounting hardware, a mounting plate, wiring labels, and a wall plate.
—PCMAG, 21 Feb. 2025
Most of the people sitting at the sushi bar are actually hunched over plates of orange chicken or Panda beef.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
After a loud beep, one steps onto a metal plate as a set of white tubes descends onto her teats.
—Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plate
Noun
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Still, any rating on the Torino scale above a 0 is unusual, which is why the world's space agencies have taken notice.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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Objects are given a rating between 0 and 10 on the scale, where 0 means the object poses no risk and 10 means there will almost certainly be a collision with catastrophic consequences.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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One of the notes featured a handy diagram with a drawing of a dog defecating and some instructional arrows.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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The schematic diagram above illustrates the important differences.—
Rick Miller,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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Greasing a sheet of parchment paper and using that (greased side down) to compact the mixture is an easy and less messy way to get the mixture into an even layer.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
21 Feb. 2025
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In January, a 24-year-old Pennsylvania man went to the ICU after a sheet of ice from a truck smashed his windshield and crushed his face, according to WGAL.—
Rhiannon Saegert,
Miami Herald,
21 Feb. 2025
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Watch the video below for an illustration of the changes.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
27 Feb. 2025
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The Blue Book will streamline the world of the books and real life, with scenes from Hilderbrand’s novels written in the 144-page guidebook alongside watercolor illustrations by artist Meredith Hanson, known for her paintings of Nantucket and local businesses on the island.—
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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The company’s growth streak has been driven by the fact that its data center graphics processing units, or GPUs, are essential hardware for building and deploying artificial intelligence applications like OpenAI’s ChatGPT.—
Kif Leswing,
CNBC,
26 Feb. 2025
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Photograph in first graphic by Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times.—
Brian M. Rosenthal,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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But despite the media blitz projecting images of an unrelenting nationwide sweep, so far, the deportation of migrants is well below the monthly average during the Biden administration, and there is little evidence that ICE is arresting or detaining any more people than usual.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA TODAY,
23 Feb. 2025
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In 2015, Playboy ceased publishing images of naked women, citing the proliferation of nudity on the internet.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
Fox News,
22 Feb. 2025
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Opportunity drawing tickets are available for a chance to win beautiful earrings designed by John Matty Co. or a gift card to Isola Boutique, according to a news release.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Feb. 2025
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The Lotto 47 ticket was bought in Grand Rapids for the Nov. 27 drawing.—
Jennifer Rodriguez,
Kansas City Star,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plate. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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