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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
Although the sample is safely ensconced in a tube millions of miles away on Mars, scientists have remained intrigued by the rock because of its potential to reveal whether microscopic life ever existed on Mars.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Ten sample tubes have already been deposited on the Martian surface as a backup, but the return mission's details remain unresolved.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
The wacky tube doesn’t really care for Donald and knows that Donald gets frustrated.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 9 Sep. 2025
Kate said that the pain kept getting worse, and her doctor finally ordered her to get a foley catheter, a tube used to help the bladder drain urine.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Ten sample tubes have already been deposited on the Martian surface as a backup, but the return mission's details remain unresolved.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
The wacky tube doesn’t really care for Donald and knows that Donald gets frustrated.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 9 Sep. 2025
Kate said that the pain kept getting worse, and her doctor finally ordered her to get a foley catheter, a tube used to help the bladder drain urine.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tube
Noun
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The music thumped away, though at reduced volume, the bats performed their acrobatics over the pool, the hash pipe glowed, people began to yawn.—
T. Coraghessan Boyle,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
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Zajicek, signed in the offseason, had thus far played all his hockey in his native Czechia but looked right at home between the pipes for the B’s.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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The Roku 55-inch Pro Series TV is $300 off and nails the balance of bright, colorful picture quality with a super simple interface that gets you streaming without fuss.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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The woman is no longer enrolled at the university, outlets KCBD-TV and KTSM-TV reported, citing a statement from the university.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
15 Sep. 2025
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The Western States Petroleum Association has been warning California lawmakers since last year that dwindling Central Valley oil production risked shuttering pipelines such as the San Pablo Bay conduit.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
11 Sep. 2025
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By February, Dudek had become the conduit between DOGE and the SSA, alerting top agency officials that DOGE wanted to work at headquarters.—
Eli Hager,
ProPublica,
8 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, Patel has stood up for himself, making multiple appearances at press conferences and on television despite being advised otherwise.—
Naomi Lim,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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Perhaps dimmer in ratings, but still a vital reminder that television is an art form worth celebrating.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Paramount has nurtured Pluto TV, which has lagged a bit in recent years but has been a pioneer in the FAST business, while WBD has shown an appetite to use its deep library to drive FAST channels and AVOD license deals.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
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Processing channels like frozen, dried, purees, sauces, and meal kits offer enormous potential to utilize every strawberry, apple, and tomato that comes out of the field.—
Ivanka Trump,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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Marketing must shift from campaign execution to commercial system design, from MQL handoffs to full-funnel revenue ownership and from static planning to adaptive iteration.—
Cameron Partridge,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Use a funnel to fill the feeder to avoid drips and spills on the exterior.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Tube.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tube. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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