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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
That home run came in Soto’s 57th at-bat and 68th plate appearance at Citi Field.
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Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025
Senior shortstop Addison Wolf was at second base when Higgins — who also scored twice — stepped up for her first plate appearance.
—Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2025
Conine, 27, was hitting .281 (with a .352 on-base average) with seven doubles, one home run and seven RBI in 71 plate appearances in 20 games.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2025
In the bottom of the sixth inning, Smith banged his wrist while tagging out Ian Happ at a play at the plate.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
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Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025
Senior shortstop Addison Wolf was at second base when Higgins — who also scored twice — stepped up for her first plate appearance.
—Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2025
Conine, 27, was hitting .281 (with a .352 on-base average) with seven doubles, one home run and seven RBI in 71 plate appearances in 20 games.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2025
In the bottom of the sixth inning, Smith banged his wrist while tagging out Ian Happ at a play at the plate.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plate
Noun
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Epic's focus on the low end of the gaming revenue scale is something of an inverse of Valve's fee structure on Steam.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
2 May 2025
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An injection of that scale could have dramatically accelerated its global footprint.—
Sandy Carter,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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Lucy is outfitted with a plaque that includes messages from prominent thinkers of our time and a diagram showing the positions of the planets on the date of Lucy's launch.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
6 May 2025
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Here is a diagram that shows some of these examples.—
Natalie Proulx,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
Noun
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Then, consider one more: carbs, which in the case of this recipe, come from the rice paper wrappers—one sheet contains 10 grams of ’em.—
Lizzy Briskin,
SELF,
2 May 2025
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Regularly staged behind large Plexiglas sheets that forced the audience to watch reflections of themselves perceiving the show, the plays had mesmerizing ways of generating momentary amnesia in viewers.—
Andrew Lampert,
Artforum,
1 May 2025
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Quick Dry This multi-purpose hair cream speeds things up while also tackling frizziness and other common vexations By India Knight Photo illustration by Chop Choppish Shop Read On Bust a Move Sun’s Out, Buns Out ’Tis the season to show them off.—
Tuppence Middleton,
Air Mail,
8 May 2025
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Given the global report from the IMF, these individual country case studies are live illustrations of the challenge ahead globally.—
Avivah Wittenberg-Cox,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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The amateurish operation is frustrating from the start, seeking to mimic a storybook fantasy by using turning-page graphics and exposition-dump narration to bookend the film.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
8 May 2025
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These include solid-state drives, memory for smartphones, and products for cars, cloud computing and graphics.—
David Staats,
Idaho Statesman,
7 May 2025
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That potentially gives him the opportunity to shape the country’s politics in his and his party’s image in a way no leader has since the Liberals’ John Howard in the late 1990s and early 2000s.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
4 May 2025
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Micromanagement isn’t always the classic image of a controlling boss hovering nearby.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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Now, the two collaborate on drawings, and Clottey develops them into large canvas works.—
Rachel Corbett,
Vulture,
8 May 2025
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Often his drawings have paved the way for a later painting of the same composition.—
Ted Loos,
New York Times,
7 May 2025
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“Plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plate. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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