plates

Example Sentences

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The Civil Guard said the stolen car, which had false license plates, matched the vehicle described by witnesses.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Our plates brimmed with color — yellow, green, red and orange — unlike the gloom outside.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

Those statements echoed the testimony of a farmer who had claimed years earlier that on an evening in April 2004, he had encountered a man driving a sedan with German licence plates.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

It was 8:30 a.m., and most of the ship’s 4,000 passengers were still snoozing or filling their plates at the breakfast buffet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Arlo places the dinner plates in front of us.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold