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[pleyt] / pleɪt /




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Then-owner Pittsburgh Plate Glass had around 1,000 employees who worked around the clock to supply auto plants in Detroit and beyond.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

Vinicius, heavily involved, unselfishly teed up former River Plate playmaker Mastantuono, who swept home.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

Plate tectonics are essential because they regulate carbon dioxide through the carbon-silicate cycle, recycling the gas between the atmosphere and the planet's crust.

From Science Daily • Oct. 12, 2025

In her Lugnasadh Plate, Gruyère’s faint stone-fruit notes meet a handful of cherries to echo that flavor back.

From Salon • Oct. 12, 2025

He reached into his Mouth, & removed the Gobbet; & placed the Gobbet on his Plate.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson




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