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Recent Examples of salverThe salver, a formal tray with no handles, was added as an award in 1978.—
Erik Matuszewski,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2026 The plow, in short, has been cleaned, polished and turned on its side as a salver to serve adorable canapes in a posh lounge that once was a barn.—
Mike Dunne,
sacbee,
28 Feb. 2018 Virginia Wade’s Wimbledon champion’s plate — or salver, as any proper Englishwoman would call it — is packed in a box, awaiting her imminent move from the Upper East Side of Manhattan to a new apartment near Manhasset, on Long Island.—
Cindy Shmerler,
New York Times,
13 July 2017
China is no stranger to powerful quakes, especially in southwestern parts of the country where the Eurasian tectonic plate meets the Indian plate, a dramatic collision that creates the mighty Himalayas and the vast Tibetan plateau.
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Sophie Tanno,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2026
Science loves to eat its words like a plate of healthy vegetables, after all.
Many modern styles have a small tray beneath a traditional floor lamp’s shade.
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Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
26 Oct. 2026
She was held at Cumberland County Jail in an isolated cell, allowed only a thick, tear-resistant suicide-prevention gown and mattress, and a Styrofoam tray.
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Anja Aronowsky Cronberg,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2026
Player count peaked at 115,145 concurrent players during the beta, so server demand is expected to be high at launch.
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Jason Cohen,
PC Magazine,
22 Oct. 2026
Those weaknesses could enable cybercriminals to seize control of unprotected website servers, install malware, pilfer customer data and even take sites down completely.