- present tense form of plate (3rd person singular).
plates
Example Sentences
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Videos shared on social media over recent months have captured groups of riders travelling through areas including Hurst Street, Bristol Road and Corporation Street, often with faces covered and no visible number plates.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Flock’s roughly 120,000 cameras nationwide can photograph the license plates and other details of every passing car.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Roses are placed on the tables where supporters nibbled from snack plates, hugged, all smiles, and sipped from glasses of sparkling wine or beer.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
“There are more than 110,000 plates with the ‘0AAA000’ format that remain to be issued and are stored throughout DMV and auto club offices across California,” Ongtoaboc said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Then she got up to clear the plates while the boys left the room.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
