tile

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Recent Examples of tile Hulu will replace Star as a tile on Disney+‘s international service on October 8. Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025 There are a total of four bedrooms (plus a den illuminated with a skylight-like installation created by Nathan Orsman) and five and a half bathrooms, each with a bold, unique style and innovative tile scheme. Mark David, Robb Report, 1 Oct. 2025 The roof was tile and so were the window sills. Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025 Part of the controversy appears to have related to the fact that the carpet covered tile that, if disturbed, could expose children to asbestos. Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 26 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tile
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Noun
  • Start by removing the oil cap and dipstick, then tip the mower over a drain pan to empty the old oil.
    Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Meanwhile, drain and rinse beans.
    Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 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 hydrants that the firemen were drawing from ran dry in the middle of the fight, Gonzalez said, and his colleagues had to leave the station in search of water.
    Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • Expect playful starters and elevated mains—black cod with red miso butter, tener wagyu steak frites with green peppercorn sauce, lobster malfadine in a rich tomato sauce, and the super flavorful pork belly sizzling rice.
    Chelsea Davis, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • The National Park Service closes the North Rim in winter, in part because the historic Grand Canyon Lodge was built for summer, with shallow pipes that would freeze in winter.
    Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Check out other gaming options in our best PC games roundup, and swing by our 2025 video game calendar to see what other titles are coming down the pipe later this year.
    Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 4 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
  • The film, which was found under a carpet and in a duct along with jewelry worn by Schaefer, served as evidence when Ignatow was convicted of perjury for lying to a federal grand jury about his involvement in Schaefer's death.
    Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Oct. 2025
  • This matters because most breast cancers begin in glandular and fibrous tissues, specifically the milk ducts or lobules.
    Jennie Durant, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Tile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tile. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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