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Recent Examples of tile
The red-brick century-old Metropole Hotel now has 156 rooms with tile from local producer Rookwood Pottery Company, gauzy curtains, and comfortable workstations.
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Mae Hamilton, AFAR Media, 9 Sep. 2025
The designer declined to lay all his chips on the table, sharing only a Mahjong tile as his inspiration.
—Ari Stark, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2025
The ammonia in Windex may harm wood, so save this trick for laminates or tile.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025
At the scene of the apparent assassination attempt, officials found the rifle, a black backpack and a bag containing ceramic tile, and a GoPro camera.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
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Mae Hamilton, AFAR Media, 9 Sep. 2025
The designer declined to lay all his chips on the table, sharing only a Mahjong tile as his inspiration.
—Ari Stark, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2025
The ammonia in Windex may harm wood, so save this trick for laminates or tile.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025
At the scene of the apparent assassination attempt, officials found the rifle, a black backpack and a bag containing ceramic tile, and a GoPro camera.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tile
Noun
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The drain doesn’t drain more than maybe a centimeter an hour.—
Ivy Scott,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025
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Rising distributor 1-2 Special’s flagship release started its journey at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, where Dillane won best actor out of Un Certain Regard for his portrayal of a London rough sleeper circling the drain of his own self-destruction.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
10 Sep. 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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Outside a laundromat on West Burnside Avenue, an open fire hydrant made a Las Vegas-worthy fountain that cooled passersby.—
Robert Sullivan,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Those hydrants were at Lehigh Avenue at Churchill Street, Lehigh Avenue at Dempster Street, the north side of Dempster Street halfway between Lehigh Avenue and Birch Avenue, and Dempster Street at Birch Avenue, the Facebook post states.—
Jessi Virtusio,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Get the recipe > Make the most of late summer’s generous bounty with this hearty vegetarian main, which comes together quickly for a weeknight meal.—
SAVEUR Editors,
Saveur,
4 Sep. 2025
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For mains, two dishes stand out.—
Keyla Vasconcellos,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The music thumped away, though at reduced volume, the bats performed their acrobatics over the pool, the hash pipe glowed, people began to yawn.—
T. Coraghessan Boyle,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
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Zajicek, signed in the offseason, had thus far played all his hockey in his native Czechia but looked right at home between the pipes for the B’s.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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As environmental regulations limit the toxic output from smokestacks and tail pipes, particulate matter that could be absorbing or blocking incoming sunlight is being eliminated, leading to gradually warmer oceans.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
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On a macro scale, that effect has been well-documented by photographers, with aerial shots of waterways clogged with plastic, the scars on barren land from deforestation and countless smokestacks spewing pollution into the air.—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
30 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Check that your washer’s drain hose is securely connected and that the standpipe (a vertical pipe in the wall—usually PVC—that your machine’s hose drains into) is the correct height (usually 18–30 inches).—
Lauren Bengtson,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Aug. 2025
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The 85-unit building was built in 1968 and was not required to have sprinklers or standpipes, Milwaukee Fire Chief Aaron Lipski said.—
Molly Beck,
jsonline.com,
3 July 2025
Noun
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There’s also a small but significant structural design change with a front brake cooling duct being added for more reliable operation.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
12 Sep. 2025
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In the final scene, Slightly enters the lab and drags Arthur's body into an air duct, continuing his mission to get Morrow a Xenomorph.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Tile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tile. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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