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Recent Examples of tile
In addition to the infrastructure work, workers also replaced four staircases inside Hoboken station and gave it new tiles, lighting and signage, plus a fresh coat of paint.
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Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2025
Showerheads Most people scrub their bathtubs and surrounding tile, but forget to clean the showerhead.
—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Feb. 2025
Or, go with tile, which, with a few YouTube videos, is easier to install.
—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 22 Feb. 2025
The decor is decidedly beachy — twisted abaca chairs, linen cushions and curtains, and arabesque tile floors that immediately cool your feet when coming inside from the nearby beach.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2025
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Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2025
Showerheads Most people scrub their bathtubs and surrounding tile, but forget to clean the showerhead.
—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Feb. 2025
Or, go with tile, which, with a few YouTube videos, is easier to install.
—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 22 Feb. 2025
The decor is decidedly beachy — twisted abaca chairs, linen cushions and curtains, and arabesque tile floors that immediately cool your feet when coming inside from the nearby beach.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tile
Noun
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Once grown, they may be found inside houses near water sources such as sinks, shower drains, toilets, and fountains.—
Alan Clemons,
Outdoor Life,
20 Feb. 2025
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Just send a wedge down the drain and turn on the disposal.—
Cody Godwin,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Pay attention to where the kitchen and bathrooms are, too—water supply and waste pipes for the second floor are often found in walls on the first floor, below sinks, tubs, or showers.—
Kevin Cortez,
Popular Mechanics,
25 May 2023
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Cathcart is referring to the plumbing that the vanity's sink and faucet connect to—the water lines and waste pipe connect to the underside of the sink via the bendy P-trap pipe.—
Kristina McGuirk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Apr. 2023
Noun
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Bass had flown home from Ghana the day before to a city engulfed in crisis, with firefighters battling out-of-control wildfires, hydrants that were dry and residents reeling from a chaotic evacuation.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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Chief Kristin Crowley and California Governor Gavin Newsom have faced criticism for their response to the wildfires after some hydrants went dry as firefighters tried to battle the blazes.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
16 Feb. 2025
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Accessories bundled with the Edge 21 include an HDMI cable, USB-C cable, plus a power adapter with a cloverleaf mains lead.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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Dig in: The menu, styled as a vinyl record jacket, features classic and bespoke cocktails in the $15 range, plus a handful of tantalizing appetizers and mains.—
Sam Allard,
Axios,
20 Feb. 2025
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Two men assembled a dredge from a PVC pipe and a household grease trap.—
Julian Lucas,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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Continuous megawatt power millimeter-waves can also be efficiently (>90 percent) guided to great distances (>10 km) using a variety of modes and waveguide (pipes) systems, including the potential of using smooth bore coiled and jointed/ joined tubing.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
23 Feb. 2025
Noun
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With mitigation, the goal is to cut pollution, whether from a smokestack or a tailpipe.—
Alice Hill,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Feb. 2025
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And these years in Philadelphia proved troubled ones: As the city’s industrial life was hollowed out, Lynch became obsessed with its factory smokestacks and pervasive smog.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Its caretakers had firefighting equipment, hoses and standpipes at the ready to draw water across different points of the property.—
Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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My favorite subject by far has been standpipes, those systems that supply water to a building in case of fire.—
James Barron,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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Nigh’s two cellmates are alleged to have helped him into a ceiling chase, which is a space above a ceiling that often houses ducts, and covering for him.—
Phil Helsel,
NBC News,
29 Jan. 2025
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There are more cooling inlets, vents, and ducts, plus a new front diffuser that reduces lift at the front axle at speed.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Tile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tile. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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