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- verb Alternative spelling of
gold plate .
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Examples
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From then on, the beneficiary would be on his or her own: stay cheap and conserve out-of-pocket costs, or go gold-plate and contribute handsomely.
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State and local governments used tax surpluses and the 1990s stock-market rise to gold-plate pension programs, with disastrous effect once the stock boom ended.
Yes, there is a reason to rein in public employee unions 2011
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From then on, the beneficiary would be on his or her own: stay cheap and conserve out-of-pocket costs, or go gold-plate and contribute handsomely.
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If you want to gold-plate these routes for existing riders, use lrt, if you want better transit, just use cheaper non-rail surface options.
Canada Line delivers a smooth ride « Stephen Rees's blog 2009
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The demos are just volunteering to build the “gallows” and are working like mad, to gold-plate it….
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We need the Chinooks and the Air Force is not trying to "gold-plate" them.
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Gen. Watt recently said that we 'need the Chinooks and the Air Force is not trying to "gold-plate" them'.
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Tried to show her I was solid gold, not gold-plate.
She’s a Witch Girl Kelly McClymer 2007
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So far, Tara had only been willing to grant me gold-plate status—in exchange for several favors in return, of course.
She’s a Witch Girl Kelly McClymer 2007
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If this is the case, and our government doesn't decide to gold-plate EU legislation on measurements, it must be claimed as a team victory.
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