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[pleyt] / pleɪt /




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"The answer is energy density. Plant foods are rich in water and fiber, so you can fill your plate, feel full, and still take in fewer calories."

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

The company is most known for its camera network, which extracts data about cars from photographs and allows operators to search for vehicles by description or license plate number.

From Salon Aug. 17, 2026

It bounced off the plate, ending his outing and, for all anyone knew, his pitching career.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

Báez, now 23, pulverized the very first pitch he saw as a big-leaguer over the center-field fence, a titanic blast that landed 449 feet away from home plate.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

He stabbed his fork into his mashed potatoes and savored the sound of the metal tines hitting the plate.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Indonesia is prone to earthquakes and volcanic activity, lying along the meeting point of three major tectonic plates.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

Supporters say Flock’s cameras, which the company has said scan 20 billion license plates a month, help police fight crime.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Gruel demonstrates a knife-sharpening technique, assembles the salad and plates the salmon cakes.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2026

Gloria Orejel, a spokesperson for the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, told The Times that responding deputies spotted a Nissan with Oregon license plates speeding away from the scene.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

When I get home, Mom is clearing everyone else’s finished plates.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

Shohei Ohtani plated a run on a force-out, Mookie Betts drove in Kim on a sacrifice fly to tie the score and Freddie Freeman bounced a double off the right-field wall to drive in Ohtani.

From Los Angeles Times May 26, 2026

The fossil, which comes from a plated dinosaur that lived about 150 million years ago, is also helping researchers propose a new explanation for how stegosaurs evolved and spread across the world.

From Science Daily May 17, 2026

Much of the buzz has centered on the featherweight, carbon-fiber plated Adidas running shoes both Sawe and Kejelcha wore.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 28, 2026

It is plated with 99.9% pure platinum and is marketed as “invite-only,” though anyone can request access on Robinhood’s website.

From MarketWatch Mar. 5, 2026

Denver, the capital of Colorado, has a capitol with a gold- plated dome.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

Max Muncy supplied their lone early RBIs, plating one run on a fourth-inning double and another on a sixth-inning groundout.

From Los Angeles Times May 4, 2025

Instead of plating a large piece of chicken with sweet potatoes and rice on the side, transform those same ingredients into a sweet potato risotto with chicken.

From Salon Mar. 30, 2025

But civilians here have no armour plating to shield them, and many Lebanese no longer have a roof over their heads.

From BBC Oct. 5, 2024

The tank holds hexavalent chromium, a reddish-brown solution widely used in plating that has been shown to cause lung cancer in humans if inhaled.

From New York Times Mar. 15, 2024

The engine groaned, die iron plating ratded, and the ship began to pick up speed.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan




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