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Recent Examples of tun
Under stressful conditions, with cysteine unavailable to the free radicals being produced, the tardigrades couldn’t form tuns.
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Jan. 2024
The agaves are cut into one inch cubes and then cooked for seven hours in a heated mash tun equipped with a stream jacket.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021
In a commercial brewhouse, the grain is cracked in a mill then sent through a grist case, which dispenses it into a vessel called the mash tun.
—oregonlive, 20 Feb. 2020
Forks clank down, sleeves roll up, and diners file into the abutting bodega to fill their glasses with cool, foamy sagardo straight from the 5,000-gallon tun.
—Benjamin Kemper, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Feb. 2018
All the remaining grain falls to the bottom of the stainless steel tun, creating a grain bed through which the liquid passes on its way back to the mash kettle.
—Tara Massouleh, AL.com, 31 May 2017
Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Jan. 2024
The agaves are cut into one inch cubes and then cooked for seven hours in a heated mash tun equipped with a stream jacket.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021
In a commercial brewhouse, the grain is cracked in a mill then sent through a grist case, which dispenses it into a vessel called the mash tun.
—oregonlive, 20 Feb. 2020
Forks clank down, sleeves roll up, and diners file into the abutting bodega to fill their glasses with cool, foamy sagardo straight from the 5,000-gallon tun.
—Benjamin Kemper, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Feb. 2018
All the remaining grain falls to the bottom of the stainless steel tun, creating a grain bed through which the liquid passes on its way back to the mash kettle.
—Tara Massouleh, AL.com, 31 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tun
Noun
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About 13 million barrels per day of crude oil transited the Strait of Hormuz in 2025, according to data from market intelligence firm Kpler, accounting for nearly a third of global seaborne crude flows.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
10 Feb. 2026
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And she’s been on a loafer kick, no pun intended, for a minute, pairing slip-ons with barrel jeans for date night.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The Japanese rider packed multiple four-rotation tricks into a single run, including the triple-flip aerial that electrified the crowd, executing them in different directions down the pipe without sacrificing height.—
Rick Maese,
Washington Post,
13 Feb. 2026
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The three-time gold medalist took a ride on the half pipe at this year's games, wiping tears from his eyes before catching air.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Tun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tun. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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