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as in pipes
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 TVs
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 tubes
Others may use hollow pipes, tubes, window ledges or even sliding door tracks (a favorite site for the grass-carrying wasp).
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Pamm Cooper, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026
These tubes are the cause of the frequent delays in the 200,000 daily trips made under the Hudson.
—Tom Wright, New York Daily News, 8 May 2026
The material turned out to work very well for tubes, outperforming traditional rubber and latex options.
—Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 8 May 2026
Desperate to save them, records show, doctors inserted tubes into their airways and hooked them up to IVs.
—Duaa Eldeib, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
The system removes the need for hydraulic tubes, brake fluid reservoirs, and a central master cylinder under the hood.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 7 May 2026
Desperate to save them, records show, doctors inserted tubes into their airways and hooked them up to IVs.
—Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 6 May 2026
Justin Schleede reaches onto a black lab bench to pick up a tray of small plastic tubes.
—Rob Stein, NPR, 6 May 2026
The spongy underside of the cap has pores—rather than gills as seen in Agaricales mushrooms such as shiitake and portobello—which are the openings to tubes through which spores exit the mushroom.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 May 2026
Pamm Cooper, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026
These tubes are the cause of the frequent delays in the 200,000 daily trips made under the Hudson.
—Tom Wright, New York Daily News, 8 May 2026
The material turned out to work very well for tubes, outperforming traditional rubber and latex options.
—Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 8 May 2026
Desperate to save them, records show, doctors inserted tubes into their airways and hooked them up to IVs.
—Duaa Eldeib, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
The system removes the need for hydraulic tubes, brake fluid reservoirs, and a central master cylinder under the hood.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 7 May 2026
Desperate to save them, records show, doctors inserted tubes into their airways and hooked them up to IVs.
—Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 6 May 2026
Justin Schleede reaches onto a black lab bench to pick up a tray of small plastic tubes.
—Rob Stein, NPR, 6 May 2026
The spongy underside of the cap has pores—rather than gills as seen in Agaricales mushrooms such as shiitake and portobello—which are the openings to tubes through which spores exit the mushroom.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tubes
Noun
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Last spring, the bathroom pipes burst, requiring months of costly repairs.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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Yet design flaws led to consistent leaks and broken pipes, state and federal regulatory records show.—
DYLAN JACKSON,
ABC News,
6 May 2026
Noun
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Likewise, electrical conduits are hidden on the top of the beams and centered down the skylight to leave the focus on the old structure and new walls.—
Edward Keegan,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
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Shakti facilitates such serendipitous interactions with the help of their excellent and informed guides who are conduits to the mountain culture.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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Will that still be haunting the coast of Madagascar when televisions have been thrown away and forgotten?—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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Cigarette mountains, exploding drum kits, grimy city streets and televisions tossed from windows flash by in rapid succession.—
SPIN Staff,
SPIN,
8 May 2026
Noun
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Regulators examined the transaction through multiple channels, including export control rules, foreign investment restrictions, and competition law.—
Dewardric L. McNeal,
CNBC,
28 Apr. 2026
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Subscribers can now watch up to four channels on one screen.—
Bobby Burack OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Tubes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tubes. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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