plates

• present tense form

  present tense

  Used to describe things happening now or regularly.

  of plate (3rd person singular).
  plate

  noun

  a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.

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plates

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

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

The DMV started rolling out plates with the new configuration earlier this year but the first one hasn’t been issued to a vehicle yet, Ongtoaboc said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Farther south, the movement of the African and Eurasian plates creates another source of potentially powerful earthquakes off North Africa.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

There were heaping plates of pancakes served with warm honey, and sliced peaches cooked in butter and sugar, and platters of fluffy scrambled eggs, tender and lemon yellow.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

Related Words

• bowl
• platter
• serving