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[pleyn] / pleɪn /








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There’s a revolution in battery technology hiding in plain sight: The 3-D printing of batteries has the potential to put energy storage inside any device.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

It doesn’t use those words, because “Our World Is A Family” is a children’s story, written in plain language, with bright colors.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

Clips show some congregants singing even as an officer in plain clothes took to the stage and repeatedly shouted for them to stop.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026

But in Matthew 25, words in plain language, attributed explicitly to Jesus, tell us we will be judged by how we have treated the hungry, the sick, the stranger and the imprisoned.

From Salon • Jun. 14, 2026

Yet it was as plain as the stripes in a rainbow.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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