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dish

[dish] / dɪʃ /


NOUN
main part of meal
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Heat the oven: Heat to 375°F. Use 1 tablespoon butter to grease a baking dish or oven-safe skillet.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

Studies show that chatbots still dish out faulty medical advice.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

As the chef going through that process, when you leave your job, and you have never seen money like they’re throwing around just for cooking a great dish for 30 minutes, you are all in.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 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

Nathan ate his orange chicken while Nali warmed up her dish.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

While handling the moldy dishes, she experienced “stomach pain, a headache and a strange sensation in her nose, which she believed was caused by inhaling the fuzzy mold,” the union’s complaint said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

In laboratory experiments, the modified cells successfully infiltrated tumor organoids grown in dishes.

From Science Daily Aug. 25, 2026

My first Japanese Wagyu meal at a steakhouse—a 4-ounce rib-eye served with wasabi alongside vinegary dishes and pickled vegetables that cut against the fat—changed everything.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

When Victoria Gordon arrives at a client's house, she can be met with huge piles of clothes, stacks of unwashed dishes and badly blocked toilets.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

As the sun begins to set, I help Gloria wash the dishes with the water she’s collected in a bucket.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

At a 2015 match in Shanghai, he dished out nine yellow cards and three red ones – a milestone in his refereeing career that earned him the nickname "card master".

From BBC Jun. 9, 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

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

And for 88 years, Damburger — now operating out of a squat brick-and-mortar restaurant in downtown Redding — has dished out what is, according to its official motto, “the best hamburger by a dam site.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 7, 2026

Every now and again, a plain grey cardboard box was dished out to each boy in our House, and this, believe it or not, was a present from the great chocolate manufacturers, Cadbury.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl

Some people in L.A. are dishing out $7 per gallon, while in Indiana, the most affordable gas stations charge about $3.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

Sick of the punishment the Thunder were dishing out, he may or may not have urged his teammates to return the favor.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 1, 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

Then he started dishing dirt about some of the other teammates.

From "Ghost" by Jason Reynolds




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