plate

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as in scale
a small thin piece of material that resembles an animal scale the tiny silver plates on the brooch are arranged to look like fish scales

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Recent Examples of plate With Will Smith solidly behind the plate in L.A., the Dodgers tried Rushing out at first base and left field. Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025 In 68 plate appearances, Shaw produced a .172 batting average and a .535 OPS. Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 2 May 2025 Take, for example, the ubiquitous plate lunch, typically a scoop or two of rice, macaroni salad and a main protein such as teriyaki beef or fried chicken. Ben Davidson, Mercury News, 1 May 2025 Other than him, Drew Waters (120 OPS+), and Maikel Garcia (115 OPS+), no one else with more than 30 plate appearances has an OPS+ above 84. Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for plate
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Noun
  • Job reductions have continued this year, though at a smaller scale than in preceding years.
    Annie Palmer, CNBC, 14 May 2025
  • Second: The scale of the potential corruption is boundless.
    Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Here is a diagram that shows some of these examples.
    Natalie Proulx, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • Right Now Color Sense King-Size Wrinkle-Resistant Sheet Set Nothing’s worse than wrinkled sheets, but this style stays smooth 24/7.
    Ali Faccenda, People.com, 16 May 2025
  • Wad a sheet of aluminum foil into a ball and use that to scrape off food bits on your grates.
    Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • These include solid-state drives, memory for smartphones, and products for cars, cloud computing and graphics.
    David Staats, Idaho Statesman, 7 May 2025
Noun
  • To backtrack: Sepideh Farsi was compelled by the images coming out of Gaza to travel there.
    Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 17 May 2025
  • Russia is playing for time, evidently, and amassing forces on the eastern frontline, drone images show, ahead of a likely summer offensive.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • Now, the two collaborate on drawings, and Clottey develops them into large canvas works.
    Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 8 May 2025
  • The next drawing will happen on Saturday, May 10, just after 11 p.m. ET.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 7 May 2025

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“Plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plate. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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