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Recent Examples of tile
For example, SpaceX removed some heat-shield tiles from the Flight 8 upper stage to stress-test certain vulnerable areas.
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 30 May 2025
There are paintings—some on canvas and others on gleaming white tile.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 30 May 2025
Green roof tiles from Japan mimic the shades of the surrounding palm trees, while doors and woodwork handcrafted in Kenya bring a touch of the natural world inside.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 May 2025
SpaceX officials hope the new tiles will be more robust than the ones flown on the first-generation, or Block 1, version of Starship, allowing future ships to land and quickly launch again, without the need for time-consuming inspections, refurbishment, and in some cases, tile replacements.
—ArsTechnica, 28 May 2025
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 30 May 2025
There are paintings—some on canvas and others on gleaming white tile.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 30 May 2025
Green roof tiles from Japan mimic the shades of the surrounding palm trees, while doors and woodwork handcrafted in Kenya bring a touch of the natural world inside.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 May 2025
SpaceX officials hope the new tiles will be more robust than the ones flown on the first-generation, or Block 1, version of Starship, allowing future ships to land and quickly launch again, without the need for time-consuming inspections, refurbishment, and in some cases, tile replacements.
—ArsTechnica, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tile
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Next to a desk and minimal office supplies sat pipe cutting machines, sewer machines and a drain cleaning machine.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
6 June 2025
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This approach also enables dynamic avoidance of drains, ladders, and lighting fixtures, reducing entrapment risks and improving cleaning continuity. 3.—
Rhiannon Frater,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
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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
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Opponents of the area’s Dimes Square–ification founded an organization that documented all manner of bad behavior up and down Canal Street: bar patrons peeing in plants, splashes of vomit on doorsteps, and crowds blocking hydrants.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
11 June 2025
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On Friday, another car was parked in front of the hydrant outside the Buddhist temple — as well as every hydrant on the block.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
28 Feb. 2025
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The actual premium live event main begins at 7:00 p.m. ET and is expected to run approximately three hours.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Between 2007 and 2008, Johnson County Wastewater installed public sewer mains throughout the site in anticipation of the development, but the project never came to fruition.—
Taylor O’Connor,
Kansas City Star,
25 Mar. 2025
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Mastercard runs quantum-threat drills inside its Cybersecurity Fusion Centers and has already swapped post-quantum algorithms into some internal message pipes.—
Zennon Kapron,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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Tasks included repairing barbed wire fences, castrating animals and laying irrigation pipes, the suit alleges.—
Tyler Kingkade,
NBC news,
12 June 2025
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Many people have their phones pointed at the smokestack, already recording, eager to capture a moment in history.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
7 May 2025
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Traditional Tibetan motifs of clouds and waves are here peppered with industrial spills and smokestacks.—
Holland Cotter,
New York Times,
26 Dec. 2024
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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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In 2022, archaeologists rediscovered a narrow duct leading to a small ritual chamber 8 meters deep beneath one of the site’s temple buildings.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
5 May 2025
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In 90% of fetuses, these ducts fuse to form one central pancreatic duct.—
Jonathan B. Jassey,
Verywell Health,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Tile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tile. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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