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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
According to Buder, who also works as an engineer at Vielo, the aircraft-grade carbon tubes were first cleaned and cut to size, then bonded using an epoxy-carbon composite.
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2025
The outlet also revisited Cheney’s justification for the Iraq War, citing his claims about aluminum tubes allegedly linked to nuclear weapons development.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
To protect trees, install tree tubes made of hardware cloth or plastic.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Nov. 2025
But just six weeks after giving birth, Moreno decided to have her tubes tied.
—NPR, 31 Oct. 2025
Most of the production line is automated to limit human contact, with the vials being washed and sterilized and then filled with fentanyl using long rubber tubes.
—Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2025
Toothpaste Transfer Tube Ounce-counters love sample-size mini toothpaste tubes (the ones that are even smaller than travel-sized toothpaste).
—Zoe Gates, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025
An East Bay institution that’s slung tasty meat tubes for almost a century is no more.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
Cathode ray tubes for Sarnoff and RCA to make televisions.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2025
The outlet also revisited Cheney’s justification for the Iraq War, citing his claims about aluminum tubes allegedly linked to nuclear weapons development.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
To protect trees, install tree tubes made of hardware cloth or plastic.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Nov. 2025
But just six weeks after giving birth, Moreno decided to have her tubes tied.
—NPR, 31 Oct. 2025
Most of the production line is automated to limit human contact, with the vials being washed and sterilized and then filled with fentanyl using long rubber tubes.
—Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2025
Toothpaste Transfer Tube Ounce-counters love sample-size mini toothpaste tubes (the ones that are even smaller than travel-sized toothpaste).
—Zoe Gates, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025
An East Bay institution that’s slung tasty meat tubes for almost a century is no more.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
Cathode ray tubes for Sarnoff and RCA to make televisions.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tubes
Noun
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Discover if these convenient detergent pods could actually be harming your pipes.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Nov. 2025
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Sacramento County health inspectors shut down the Sacramento coffee shop after finding three live German cockroaches in the water heater closet, on the pipes behind the warewashing sink and under the ware washing drain board.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The FinCEN Files show how banks remain vital conduits in moving illicit money out of reach.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Piergiorgio Scarlato and Jacopo Taddeucci Data from SKATE is helping scientists test hypotheses about how gas bubbles rise and burst inside magma, how volcanic conduits are shaped, and study subsurface processes that ordinary monitoring can’t see.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Electricity rates are rising, so are prices for coffee, beef, vegetables, televisions.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Nov. 2025
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What Bernell's will offer Adair said Bernell's will have four large televisions and a large screen over the stage, which people can watch from anywhere in the bar.—
Cathy Kozlowicz,
jsonline.com,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Stream the basketball games in both men’s and women’s sports on top channels like ABC, FOX, NBC, CBS, ESPN, SEC Network, ACC Network, Big Ten Network, FS1, and more.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
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At least 20 people were injured in the explosion, TV channels reported, as ambulances raced to the scene.—
Shivam Patel,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Tubes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tubes. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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