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plaque

[plak] / plæk /


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Having arterial plaque does not mean that a person will inevitably develop symptomatic disease.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

These amendments also authorized the creation of a plaque commemorating the 60th anniversary of the National Cultural Center Act.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

“My past is still before me,” Melling belts, picturing himself proudly mounted in a velvet suit and bronze plaque.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

Godwin Forde's name is on the 9/11 memorial plaque in Grosvenor Square, London, along with the other 66 Britons who died in the attacks.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

The winner’s name shall be enshrined for all time on a plaque in our Chumley Hall of Champions.’”

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein

Among more than 16,000 participants with no symptoms or previous cardiovascular disease diagnosis, researchers detected atherosclerotic plaques in 57.1%.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

The plaques, called Stolpersteine in German, are often placed outside the houses where the victims used to live or work.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Since the 1990s, many towns in countries across Europe, including in Germany and Austria, have embedded small brass plaques in the streets in memory of Jews and other victims of Nazi atrocities.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

That same night, roughly seven miles away, several bronze plaques were stripped from a brick wall welcoming visitors to the historic district of Old Towne Orange.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

There were no paintings, no shelves, no plaques on the walls.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova




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