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tray

[tray] / treɪ /
NOUN
platter
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“There’s some point in which memories become dreams,” Cooks said of the forms that gradually cohere, shimmering, like film in a developing tray.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

The car had high wheel arches and soft suspension, letting it travel across a ploughed field or rough roads - as legend would have it, without breaking a tray of duck eggs.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Away from the dock, I sat down with a tray of oysters and a stabby, plastic-handled knife.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

“Tanya came through from the kitchen with another tray of small things on sticks–olives, chunks of pineapple. Our eyes met. ‘I’m going through a ‘70s thing,’ she said.

From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026

I carry the tray into Hut 6 and down the corridor to our little room.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin


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