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Recent Examples of platterIn the video, the expectant mother, 33, sat across from her mother-in-law with a platter of sandwiches on her lap, voicing the words of reality star Tammy Slaton.—Kayla Grant, People.com, 16 May 2025 Arriving guests are ushered straight to seats by the river and welcomed with charcuterie platters and Louis Roederer Champagne.—Kendall Hill, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2025 One to two sandwiches cut into crustless rectangles or triangles will nicely fill a tiered tray or a small platter.—Oset Babür-Winter, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 May 2025 Go here for Pan-Asian dishes, including dry-ice sashimi, sushi platters and Thai curries.—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for platter
Before the first red tones Begin to warm the sky
The earth wakes up, and moans
At the small sad cry
Of cups and saucers cracking,
The masters’ precious dream
Of roses, of mowers raking
And shepherds on the lawn.
—
Robert Pinsky,
The New Yorker,
30 Jan. 2025
Protect your furniture with saucers and trays under your plants.
—
Erica Browne Grivas,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 May 2025
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