tub

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Recent Examples of tub Each villa has a magnificent plunge pool, a soaking tub, and an open-air living area that seamlessly merges with the outdoors. Samantha Leal, Travel + Leisure, 31 Aug. 2025 So the firefighters filled up a tub for her. Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 29 Aug. 2025 The chiller is quiet, the acrylic tub is roomy and durable, and the design is sleek enough to sit right outside my garage out of sight from the neighbors. Sierra Shafer, Outside, 28 Aug. 2025 At the end of most busy weeks in my household, there are often shoes at every entryway, laundry that needs to be washed, and a tub or two that could use a good scrub. Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 27 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tub
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tub
Noun
  • Disperse, reactive and vat pigment categories, along with the raw materials for indigo, were among DyStar’s most significant purchases.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The film, a reimagining of the 1984 horror-comedy, is a raucous ride about Winston Gooze (Peter Dinklage), a down-on-his-luck janitor who's transformed into a super-powered mutant after falling into a vat of chemicals.
    EW.com, EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Three other Scottish squad reinforcements -- lock Gregor Brown, hooker Ewan Ashman and prop Rory Sutherland -- were named on the bench.
    Nick Mulvenney, Reuters, 21 July 2025
  • Strip clubs, booze, hookers, blow, the whole nine yards.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Where a cistern once hid beneath the floor to collect rainwater, an outdoor pool now glimmers.
    Carley Rojas Ávila, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • The subterranean complex served many purposes over the centuries, first as stone quarries and later as water cisterns before eventually housing commercial structures and warehouses.
    Antonia Mortensen, CNN Money, 23 July 2025
Noun
  • In the gondola on the way back down the mountain to Telluride, Cannes Film Festival topper Thierry Frémaux hops on at the halfway station.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
  • In addition to that, Scruton’s team built a gondola that needed to float down the canal.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This popular Spanish-inspired dish was served in cockleshells so reminiscent the Galicia region of Spain’s cathedral city of Santiago de Compostela.
    Jane Napier Neely, La Cañada Valley Sun, 24 Apr. 2017
Noun
  • The transformation from investment banker to mental health advocate wasn't exactly a joyful moment for Miller.
    Nia Bowers, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • But instead of overwrought banker’s pinstripes, Armani did it his way, delivering formality in a softer and more feminine manner.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And since each ship carried three to five whaleboats, the amount of rope needed just to conduct whaling operations on one whaleship was as much as ten thousand feet.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025
  • In Robert Brill’s set, the stage is shaped like a half-pipe with rungs, so that cast members scramble, pitch, tumble, and row flimsy whaleboats over massive waves.
    Justin Davidson, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The San Antonio and Fort Lauderdale both can launch hovercraft for amphibious operations.
    Amir Daftari John Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Topping that list in the current catalog is a $75,000 golf cart hovercraft for skimming over fairways, bunkers and water hazards alike.
    Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025

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“Tub.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tub. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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