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dish

[dish] / dɪʃ /


NOUN
main part of meal
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Heat the oven: Heat to 375°F. Butter or oil a 9-by-13-inch baking dish.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

In the sweeping shadow of a satellite dish, staff at the Chilbolton Observatory in southern England track a growing number of objects in Earth's orbit, providing data that underpins Britain's space monitoring efforts.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

Here’s how to make your fresh herbs shine in any dish.

From Slate Aug. 6, 2026

You’d assume that the interface—which some people describe as what you’d get if eBay and TikTok had a child—would attract younger users, who grew up in this parasocial, digital petri dish of swiping and typing.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

“But, Leo, you’re on dish duty in a half hour.”

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

Other objects seized in the police sting included satellite phones, GPS devices, encrypted communication tools and satellite dishes.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

They introduce viewers to the people, histories and communities behind a dish, proving what the best food journalists have always known: people don’t just fall in love with dishes, they fall in love with stories.

From Salon Aug. 6, 2026

Ground yourself with some compassion: Slate senior editor Tony Ho Tran takes a spin as Prudie and dishes out some exceptionally heartfelt advice.

From Slate Aug. 5, 2026

Its gentle tannins bring out the flavor of dishes like mushroom risotto and suggest a more serious wine than the price.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

Once we’re settled, Mom dashes into the kitchen, appearing moments later with a wooden tray holding bottled water and ceramic dishes full of assorted nuts.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

The ICO recently dished out a £14m fine to online platform Reddit, finding it had unlawfully used children's personal information and failed to adequately check the age of its users.

From BBC Jun. 19, 2026

She also dished out some tips for renovating your own space, telling fans, “You don’t have to do it all in one day. Start with the key pieces and build outward.”

From MarketWatch May 28, 2026

The collapse of Samsung Electronics' talks with its largest labour union dished another blow to Seoul's AI drive, with company shares falling as much as 6.1 percent, Bloomberg reported.

From Barron's May 13, 2026

Elwes, who stars in the new Peacock crime series “M.I.A.,” also dished about the nickname Marlon Brando gave him and what he lost in the L.A. wildfires.

From The Wall Street Journal May 5, 2026

I stood in line behind one of the big hats and watched as the girl I knew as Renee, but whose real name was Love, dished out the food.

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds

They had faced soccer’s ultimate test of nerve four times since 1982, and on each occasion, they were the ones coolly dishing out the heartbreak.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

Hari certainly understands this; she regularly posts content on how to avoid eating food grown with Roundup, dishing out advice like “buy local & ask about pesticides” and “grow your own food.”

From Salon May 1, 2026

Whether its dishing out billions to build out the infrastructure to power AI, or investing in new AI products to try to improve productivity, companies are investing massive amounts of money on AI.

From Barron's Apr. 21, 2026

Throughout the press tour for Emerald Fennell's hotly anticipated film, the two Aussie A-listers have been dishing out viral quotes.

From BBC Feb. 13, 2026

“Was he? When?” said his mother, dishing up the fried potatoes.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman




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