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as in pipe
a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas)
watched the liquid move through the tube between the flasks and recorded the movement in his chemistry notebook
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as in TV
an electronic device with a screen and speakers that reproduces images and sound
we plan to relax and spend some time in front of the tube tonight
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Recent Examples of tube
The fountain, which resembles a tumbling mess of boxy concrete tubes, some nearly forty feet high, has long been controversial.
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News Desk, Artforum, 16 Oct. 2025
These binaural stethoscopes use two flexible tubes connected to separate earpieces, allowing clearer and more balanced sound by reducing outside noise.
—Joshua Hutcheson, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
She's stricken with a mysterious disease that forces her to be fed through a tube, and Linda goes to battle regularly with her doctors who are seemingly unable to help.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
With a traditional breast augmentation, most surgeons use general anesthesia, which puts patients fully out and requires a breathing tube.
—Jolene Edgar, Allure, 15 Oct. 2025
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News Desk, Artforum, 16 Oct. 2025
These binaural stethoscopes use two flexible tubes connected to separate earpieces, allowing clearer and more balanced sound by reducing outside noise.
—Joshua Hutcheson, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
She's stricken with a mysterious disease that forces her to be fed through a tube, and Linda goes to battle regularly with her doctors who are seemingly unable to help.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
With a traditional breast augmentation, most surgeons use general anesthesia, which puts patients fully out and requires a breathing tube.
—Jolene Edgar, Allure, 15 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tube
Noun
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Ignoring more complex science leaves us with hundreds of years of neurologic damage to our children by leaving lead pipe in the ground.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
19 Oct. 2025
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Once the pump switches on, the water should drain quickly through the discharge pipe.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
17 Oct. 2025
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Although authorities have not released many details to the public, WXIA-TV also reported that friends said her husband, who was out of state, was the one who reported her missing.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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Its cable properties are increasingly irrelevant in the market, and networks like Logo, MTV and TV Land have been starved of new content for years.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
20 Oct. 2025
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Knives were reportedly being stored between an electrical conduit and a wall covering.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Once a cushioned conduit to the other side, the casket now bursts with the wisdom of a life lived outside the box.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
16 Oct. 2025
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Megan Angelo is the author of Followers and has written about television, film, women, and pop culture, and motherhood for publications including The New York Times, Elle, The Wall Street Journal, Marie Claire, Vogue, Slate, and Romper.—
Megan Angelo,
Glamour,
20 Oct. 2025
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With a decade between each installment of the comedy series, The Comeback has had an unusual presence in the television world.—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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Under Massimiliano Allegri, Pulisic now operates closer to goal in a narrower, inside-channel role — drifting between the lines as a second striker or advanced No 10.—
Sukhman Singh,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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In that same poem, Serros ends with her tía asking her to change the channel to As The World Turns.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
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Minnesota is a pure run funnel defense.—
J.J. Bailey,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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This $90-off funnel neck would be simple to style with black slacks and a pair of heels for the former, while jeans and sneakers would tone it down for lunch dates and trips to the store.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Tube.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tube. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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