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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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On his Instagram Stories, Anstead shared an adorable snap of Hudson, who can be seen giving two thumbs up over a plate of pancakes, strawberries and blueberries.
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Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
While it was temporarily fixed with a steel plate, long-term repairs are needed as Gardner and other parts of southwest Johnson County see more development come online and its populations steadily increase.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2025
Circa 81 serves up beautiful plates of Spanish-style tapas and local seafood.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025
During many millennia of rubbing and shifting, Earth’s tectonic plates moved the Gulf of Mexico and its traditional game of golf in a southwesterly direction to their President location.
—Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
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Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
While it was temporarily fixed with a steel plate, long-term repairs are needed as Gardner and other parts of southwest Johnson County see more development come online and its populations steadily increase.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2025
Circa 81 serves up beautiful plates of Spanish-style tapas and local seafood.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025
During many millennia of rubbing and shifting, Earth’s tectonic plates moved the Gulf of Mexico and its traditional game of golf in a southwesterly direction to their President location.
—Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plate
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These tariffs threaten to kneecap an emerging sector of innovation around the world, that is, for the first time, using traditional startup strategies and pathways to innovate, scale and grow.—
Nish Acharya,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Traditional data lakes can store raw data at scale but lack quality controls, while warehouses enforce structure but struggle with unstructured or fast changing data.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Concept diagrams suggest projectiles could be configured for multiple missions, including anti-air fragmentation.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
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Students could then be assigned a diagram of the water cycle with missing labels; filling in the blanks on the diagram offers them a hands-on activity to reinforce the information in the quiz.—
Hannah Nwoko,
Parents,
10 Sep. 2025
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Despite the budget-friendly price point, the sheets are a clear favorite among Amazon shoppers as more than 6,000 have snapped them up in the past month alone, and a whopping 71,000 have awarded them a perfect rating.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Line a large baking sheet with paper towels.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
7 Sep. 2025
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Concerns included graphic illustrations, discussion of drug or alcohol use and transgender acceptance.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The store supplied her with bondage pants, kilts, and T-shirts printed with obscene illustrations.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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But pretty pages filled with fancy graphics and clever animations get ignored while ugly pages with clear messages make sales.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Clothing must not feature offensive language, obscene gestures/graphics, or nudity or clothing that does not sufficiently cover undergarments.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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At the event Nvidia speakers particularly focused on enterprise inference applications, where AI hopes to achieve its return on investment as pointed out in the slide image below.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The comments came as New Zealand Police released images on Tuesday showing a campsite set up in Waitomo, which is believed to be where Phillips and his children had been staying before he was fatally shot.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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There was no picture, there was no drawing, there has been so many lies, so much prevarication, so much cover up.—
John Parkinson,
ABC News,
10 Sep. 2025
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Check Powerball payouts and previous drawings here.—
Jay Cannon,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plate. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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