dinner plate
Americannoun
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While a single 300 millimeter silicon wafer normally produces a few dozen chips, Cerebras uses the entire wafer for one chip, about the size of a dinner plate.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
Pharmaceutical scientist Associate Professor Kamal Dua of the University of Technology Sydney estimates that adults consume about 250 grams of microplastics each year, roughly the amount needed to cover a dinner plate.
From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026
These cores, as wide as a dinner plate, yielded hundreds of samples of ancient air—including the first ever from the Pliocene, which ended about 2.6 million years ago with the start of the ice ages.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 21, 2024
There is something so delicious about a soft carrot with a little sweetness on your dinner plate, and I feel like wintertime is the best time to add candied carrots to your weeknight dinner rotation.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 9, 2024
Mom gets up and throws away her paper dinner plate, even though she’s barely touched her meal.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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