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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
Some patients breathe independently with a feeding tube and other care.
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Robert S. Olick, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2026
Socks said guests were walking through slush to reach the base area, and crews were adjusting the tubing hill to make sure tubes still made it to the bottom of the track as the snow softened.
—Spencer Wilson, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
Flat screen televisions didn’t enter the market until 1997, so in 1996, we were all gathered around massive, furniture-weight cathode ray tube sets.
—Ryan Brennan
march 20, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2026
Losing power production would also cost smaller utilities across the region while creating a challenge for dam managers who would need to keep the river flowing using bypass tubes that weren’t built for the purpose.
—Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 20 Mar. 2026
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Robert S. Olick, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2026
Socks said guests were walking through slush to reach the base area, and crews were adjusting the tubing hill to make sure tubes still made it to the bottom of the track as the snow softened.
—Spencer Wilson, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
Flat screen televisions didn’t enter the market until 1997, so in 1996, we were all gathered around massive, furniture-weight cathode ray tube sets.
—Ryan Brennan
march 20, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2026
Losing power production would also cost smaller utilities across the region while creating a challenge for dam managers who would need to keep the river flowing using bypass tubes that weren’t built for the purpose.
—Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 20 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tube
Noun
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Her mighty pipes are as unstoppable as her flair for mascara-melting melodrama.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
27 Mar. 2026
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Investigators found that in both cases, gas pipes feeding the homes had pulled loose from their couplings as soil expanded and contracted, allowing dangerous levels of gas to build up, setting the stage for the explosions.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Any disadvantage there may be in waiting a week or 10 days to get started on the portal is offset, probably outweighed, by the attention and excitement being built for BC basketball by their incoming coach’s presence on national TV, associated with a Final Four team.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
31 Mar. 2026
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This 43-inch Samsung Q8F Smart TV feels like finally putting on prescription glasses for the first time.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
31 Mar. 2026
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Iran’s threats and attacks on vessels in the Gulf have raised the risk of transit enough to stop almost all traffic through the narrow waterway, which is the main conduit for about 20% of the world’s oil and natural gas, plus fertilizers that help grow crops the world relies on.—
Annette Choi,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2026
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Further, opponents argued, VT Crowfoot Valley proposed a flagpole annexation, using Crowfoot Valley Road as a narrow connecting conduit to physically link Castle Pines to the Crowsnest site.—
John Aguilar,
Denver Post,
26 Mar. 2026
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Garfield’s comments come in the same week that HBO released a trailer and other materials for the new Harry Potter television series.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
27 Mar. 2026
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All opinions expressed by the CNBC Pro contributors are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of CNBC, or its parent company or affiliates, and may have been previously disseminated by them on television, radio, internet or another medium.—
Jeff Kilburg,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2026
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The first episode premiered March 12 and can be found on his YouTube channel along with future episodes, @Iamgeraldhuston.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
29 Mar. 2026
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The candy bars, which are likely to be circulated in unofficial sales channels across Europe, can be identified by a unique batch code assigned to individual bars and when scanned would relay instructions on how to contact KitKat, the company said.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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While rides have been swapped out and new food stands added —pizzeria, funnel cakes, icy drinks — the bones remain.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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The Iowa Legislature's 2nd funnel deadline put an expiration date on dozens of bills that failed to advance far enough this session.—
Stephen Gruber-Miller,
Des Moines Register,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Tube.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tube. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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