pate

as in head
the upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth plopped a cap on his bald pate

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Recent Examples of pate Somehow, given enough time, the duo can turn an ancient technique like pate de verre into an opportunity to explore the neverending interplay between the mind and the world it is embedded in. Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 7 Mar. 2025 More:Downtown Detroit restaurant PAO made People magazine's 50 most beautiful list Filet mignon and panna cotta During the evening, Prime + Proper's staff waited on the kids, offering shared appetizers of salmon pate, dry-aged steak tartare and heirloom tomato. Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 14 May 2024 To be precise: bison liver pate with sweet onion jam on a puffed garlic chip. Miguel Otárola, The Denver Post, 28 Jan. 2025 Guests can expect dishes like Croque Madame with ham, gruyere, egg and bechamel, country pate, and duck confit with radicchio, apples, pumpkin seeds, dates topped with a vinaigrette. Amber Love Bond, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for pate
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Noun
  • There's always one shot that leaves a golfer shaking his or her head.
    Mike Hutton, Post-Tribune, 19 July 2017
  • Delimitros said one of the truck’s side view mirrors struck her in the head, causing minor injuries.
    David Hernandez, sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 July 2017
Noun
  • In 2007, Nicolas Cage won a bidding war against Leonardo DiCaprio for a $276,000 T. rex skull.
    Catherine Baab-Muguira, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Each participant received a small device embedded on top of the skull and an IPG in a simple one hour surgical procedure that leaves the skull’s inner table intact.
    Naveen Rao, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Central to the exhibit is a geodesic dome inspired by the work of futurist architect Buckminster Fuller.
    CHRISTINA MAYO, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
  • That June, the Oilers had begun discussions with Houston Mayor Bob Lanier about a new downtown dome that would also house the NBA’s Rockets and a potential NHL franchise.
    Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The admission came after mom Richards spilled the beans on camera amid a lunch with her ex and their younger daughter Lola, 19.
    Jay Stahl, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Read our guide to visiting or returning to the U.S. RECOMMENDATIONS Image Cook: No-fuss garlicky Alfredo beans are easy to whip together and great on toast.
    Natasha Frost, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But Anunoby remembering a steal or a knee to the noggin is not unusual, even if the play in question was more than 40 games ago.
    Fred Katz, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Today, brain rot reflects a worry that consuming the internet's endless waves of memes and video clips, especially on social media, might numb one's noggin.
    Bill Chappell, NPR, 2 Dec. 2024

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“Pate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pate. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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