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plate

[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

Dent brings her experience as a critic, considering the wider story behind what is on the plate.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

Flock Safety claims over 5,000 law enforcement agencies use its license plate readers to help locate missing persons, catch thieves and identify suspicious vehicles.

From Salon Aug. 17, 2026

Late in the season, he jammed his left elbow sliding into home plate, jarring loose some bone chips.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

The table was set for three, my unfinished plate on the other side.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

Out in the parking lot, I hung out for some time before another car arrived, a blue Chevy Silverado with Illinois plates.

From Slate 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

She turned back to the other staff in the kitchen, busily putting plates together for patrons waiting for their orders.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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

Within a few years the academy switched to a lighter tin-based alloy known as Britannia metal, plated in layers of copper, nickel silver and gold.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 12, 2026

After more strolls along the tundra, I dine at Grill It restaurant, where winter appears plated rather than resisted.

From Salon Mar. 8, 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

It rode low in the water like a submarine, its deck plated with iron.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan

Gold and silver plating of idols and temple figurines, mostly paid for by devotees, is common across temples in India.

From BBC Nov. 4, 2025

Each of the first seven hitters in the lineup recorded an RBI, with Hernández and Max Muncy plating runs in the fifth before Mookie Betts and Freeman hit back-to-back RBI singles in the sixth.

From Los Angeles Times May 26, 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

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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