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Recent Examples of tile
The rooms' interiors are inspired by the hotel's lakefront surroundings and feature pebble tile and quartz countertops and floor-to-ceiling windows.
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Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 5 May 2025
Large bags of sugar sat unsealed on the tile floor, where cockroaches scurried around day and night.
—Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
The textured mat is already on the table as Tony Lam sits down to shuffle the polished tiles.
—Anh Do, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025
The kitchen is outfitted with wood cabinets, a butcher block center island and terra-cotta tile floors.
—Vivian Marino, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
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Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 5 May 2025
Large bags of sugar sat unsealed on the tile floor, where cockroaches scurried around day and night.
—Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
The textured mat is already on the table as Tony Lam sits down to shuffle the polished tiles.
—Anh Do, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025
The kitchen is outfitted with wood cabinets, a butcher block center island and terra-cotta tile floors.
—Vivian Marino, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tile
Noun
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Sean O’Byrne, executive director of the Downtown Council, told the committee that there is a series of blighted buildings downtown that are causing an economic drain and offsetting development.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2025
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No asbestos to abate, no cast-iron drains to replace, no surprise setbacks from the Department of Building and Safety.—
Spencer Elliott,
Forbes.com,
13 May 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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Firefighters reported hydrants running dry in some areas.—
Mike Baker,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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Just recently, three New Yorkers died in two separate fires during Code Blue weather, when selfish drivers parked in front of hydrants, delaying the firefighters’ movement of the hose.—
Andrew Ansbro,
New York Daily News,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Butter Paneer Paneer cubes are cooked in three types of fat here: ghee, butter and cashew butter for a luxurious vegetarian main.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
Denver Post,
6 May 2025
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Use them as a side (say, in salads, dips, chicken rolls, and steamed dumplings) or incorporate them into your main (for instance, in bakes, casseroles, bean burgers, or quesadillas).—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The decision comes after the property’s water infrastructure was found to be severely deteriorated, causing frequent pipe ruptures and unreliable water service.—
Dominick Williams,
Kansas City Star,
8 May 2025
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An Ohio woman was arrested this week after police found her pet raccoon with a meth pipe in its mouth during a traffic stop.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
7 May 2025
Noun
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Wildfire smoke is starting to erode the world’s progress in cleaning up pollution from tailpipes and smokestacks, as climate change supercharges fires, scientists have said.—
Hiroko Tabuchi,
New York Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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Some are emitted directly from a source, such as construction sites, unpaved roads, fields, smokestacks or fires.—
Olivia Rose,
The Arizona Republic,
19 Dec. 2024
Noun
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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
Noun
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In addition, those homes are connected to a duct system that is inadequate for the HVAC system.—
Brynn Cooksey,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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General Motors The narrow sculptural lighting elements in the front frame large air ducts, which will likely help keep drag down to a minimum.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Tile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tile. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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