tile

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Recent Examples of tile Clicking on a tile opens a side panel with excerpts from reviews, a feature list, pros and cons, and a link for purchase. PC Magazine, 25 Oct. 2025 The answer is that removing that tile would require an act of parliament. Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 24 Oct. 2025 The penny tile and cherry-wood china cabinets play into the 175-year-old building’s chic-but-historic aesthetic. Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2025 The tile in the Lincoln Bedroom’s bathroom got exchanged for marble. Philip Elliott, Time, 23 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tile
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Noun
  • Shauna Bell, who lives along Van Buren, said the nearby stormwater drain is constantly clogged from highway debris, which floods her yard.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Once it’s all poured out, put the drain plug back on and seal it tightly.
    Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • The serum blends powerful hydrants with pore-limiting ingredients for a gentle formula that helps deliver glass skin, even to those struggling with breakouts or uneven skin texture.
    Deanna Pai, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Many hydrants failed to dispense water.
    Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The menu will feature snackable, shareable appetizers along with mains like sandwiches and weekly specials.
    Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Last year’s alternate jerseys wouldn’t get any complaints from me if the Caps turned them into their mains.
    The Athletic NHL Staff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Following Harriett's death, the boy began experiencing strange happenings — hearing scratching in the wall, seeing water mysteriously dripping from pipes and walls, and most scary of all, feeling his bed moving.
    Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
  • When that liquid becomes warm, it’s then sent through pipes to a facility that cools the liquid and sends it back to the data centers.
    Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The element that sets the 95-suite 679-foot ship apart is its signature Funnel Suite, reminiscent of the smokestacks of early-20th-century ocean liners.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2025
  • In the 1700’s a factory smokestack in England was spewing smoking ashes onto a neighboring property.
    Christopher A. Combs, AZCentral.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • Huguley was taken to a baseball field, duct-taped to a bench, doused in gasoline and lit on fire, according to state authorities.
    Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Ductal carcinoma tumors grow outside milk ducts, the tubes that connect the glands to the nipple.
    Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Tile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tile. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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