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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

“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 was just trying to get through a tray at a time,” she says, “but there were layers of smears that had come in overnight.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

While other children were reaching for fruit snacks, I was sneaking handfuls of Castelvetranos from the appetizer tray.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026

“Hello, my ducks. Goulash tonight. Colin, there’s another tray in the kitchen. Be a luv and bring it out.”

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


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