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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
Such tubes are supposed to be brought to Earth for study by NASA's Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission campaign.
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Andrew Jones, Space.com, 1 Oct. 2025
In total, approximately 4,500 Marines and sailors are deployed, supported by a cruiser, several destroyers, and a Los Angeles-class attack submarine equipped with more than 400 missile tubes capable of precision strikes.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
Tim Swenson, who created the chair to allow his son to access the outdoors, crafted the first Trackchair using a bent tube frame, two snowmobile tracks and a broken seatbelt.
—Mars King, Twin Cities, 30 Sep. 2025
Intubation is a medical procedure where a tube is inserted into a patient’s windpipe when the person cannot breathe on their own.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 29 Sep. 2025
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Andrew Jones, Space.com, 1 Oct. 2025
In total, approximately 4,500 Marines and sailors are deployed, supported by a cruiser, several destroyers, and a Los Angeles-class attack submarine equipped with more than 400 missile tubes capable of precision strikes.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
Tim Swenson, who created the chair to allow his son to access the outdoors, crafted the first Trackchair using a bent tube frame, two snowmobile tracks and a broken seatbelt.
—Mars King, Twin Cities, 30 Sep. 2025
Intubation is a medical procedure where a tube is inserted into a patient’s windpipe when the person cannot breathe on their own.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 29 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tube
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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
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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
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So like, dad TV is a new thing.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Sep. 2025
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Spanberger addressed the issues of trans women participating in women’s sports, as well as using female bathrooms, in an interview with WSET-TV in Roanoke.—
Julia Manchester,
The Hill,
28 Sep. 2025
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Only the means, the conduits of misinformation, and the overall enshittification have changed.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
2 Oct. 2025
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Gilmour’s set—simultaneously a gesture to Fascist architecture, a conduit to nowhere, and a scatological joke—shores up the production in several ways.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
2 Oct. 2025
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The author had found that the paranormal romance genre, both on television and in books, has historically relegated Black girls to lesser roles that usually end badly for them.—
Dan Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
29 Sep. 2025
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Film and television production in recent years has been decamping from Hollywood to shoot in locations that offer lucrative tax incentives, like the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, which makes filming less expensive.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
29 Sep. 2025
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And consider elevating your home, or moving it back and away from channels that may carry water.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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The new subscription streaming offering will feature a selection of live channels and on-demand programming, designed to put all of the network’s video offerings in one place.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
3 Oct. 2025
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This kit also comes with a funnel for filling the bottles up with products, plus two toothbrush covers, a contact lens applicator, and clear labels for each product.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Oct. 2025
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Tim O’Brien, chief revenue officer of Scopely, traced the arc of mobile gaming’s rise as an economic force as well as serving as a wide funnel to draw consumers deeper into the medium of video games as an entertainment option.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Tube.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tube. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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