tile

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Recent Examples of tile Samsung also showed bezel-less designs, OLED tiles, and a host of flexible display concept devices, including an odd-looking foldable gaming handheld. Simon Hill, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2025 Underneath the pirate is a shadowing within the bolt of a floral motif pattern inspired by the tiles at the Columbia Restaurant. Eduardo A. Encina, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2025 Crisp white subway tile is used for the backsplash. James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025 The new geo-location tiles could appear at Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference, which is historically set for early June. Ewan Spence, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tile
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Noun
  • However, if the issues continue to occur, even after cleaning the drain, then there might be a more pressing problem that requires professional repair.
    Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Mar. 2025
  • The drain could be a traditional round one or a long, thin linear model resembling a stylish street grate.
    The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Pay attention to where the kitchen and bathrooms are, too—water supply and waste pipes for the second floor are often found in walls on the first floor, below sinks, tubs, or showers.
    Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 25 May 2023
  • Cathcart is referring to the plumbing that the vanity's sink and faucet connect to—the water lines and waste pipe connect to the underside of the sink via the bendy P-trap pipe.
    Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Apr. 2023
Noun
  • Fire officials said there were no hydrants in the immediate area, so the department’s preplan and mutual aid strategy was initiated, bringing a tanker truck from the Washington Volunteer Fire Department and an engine and crew from the Bethlehem Fire Department to the scene.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 5 Mar. 2025
  • California’s water supply agencies have disputed the president’s claims about the system hurting the efforts in Los Angeles, saying hydrants ran dry because they were not built to fight wildfires and a key reservoir was empty because of ongoing maintenance.
    Alexx Altman-Devilbiss, Baltimore Sun, 6 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The break took place along a 54-inch steel water transmission main built in the 1930s, the Great Lakes Water Authority said.
    Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 19 Feb. 2025
  • It’s designed to detect leaks in municipal water systems early and often, making a fix easier and cheaper than having to assemble a team in the middle of the night to tackle a busted main.
    John Aguilar, The Denver Post, 17 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • White did take the opportunity, before Friday’s qualifiers, to serve as a forerunner in the pipe alongside 10-year-old Paizley White (no relation), a Whitespace team rider.
    Michelle Bruton, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Some Russian troops had spent several days in the pipe before striking Ukrainian units from the rear near the town of Sudzha, blogger Yuri Podolyaka claimed.
    Joanna Kozlowska, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The work calls for climbing any manner of tall objects and edifices – frequently flagpoles but also towers, smokestacks and even the occasional cross – to install, repair, paint, maintain or inspect them.
    Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
  • With mitigation, the goal is to cut pollution, whether from a smokestack or a tailpipe.
    Alice Hill, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Its caretakers had firefighting equipment, hoses and standpipes at the ready to draw water across different points of the property.
    Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
  • My favorite subject by far has been standpipes, those systems that supply water to a building in case of fire.
    James Barron, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • This includes closing any doors to rooms inside the home that may have ventilation ducts connected to the outside, commonly found in laundry rooms and bathrooms.
    Dr. Jade Cobern, ABC News, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Nigh’s two cellmates are alleged to have helped him into a ceiling chase, which is a space above a ceiling that often houses ducts, and covering for him.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 29 Jan. 2025

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“Tile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tile. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.

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