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as in pipe
a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas)
all of the wiring for the converted residential loft is concealed in a vertical trough
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Recent Examples of trough
That 2023 party was his final slurp at the trough.
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
This effect is amplified by the natural asymmetry of sea waves – their crests are typically sharper and steeper than their flatter troughs.
—Francesco Fedele, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2025
Cooler conditions are expected to arrive by mid-week as a trough of low pressure approaches the west coast.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 11 Aug. 2025
The hadal zone is primarily comprised of oceanic trenches and troughs — some of the deepest and least explored environments on Earth.
—Marlowe Starling, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2025
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
This effect is amplified by the natural asymmetry of sea waves – their crests are typically sharper and steeper than their flatter troughs.
—Francesco Fedele, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2025
Cooler conditions are expected to arrive by mid-week as a trough of low pressure approaches the west coast.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 11 Aug. 2025
The hadal zone is primarily comprised of oceanic trenches and troughs — some of the deepest and least explored environments on Earth.
—Marlowe Starling, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trough
Noun
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Gamers will appreciate the efficient airflow design with the new Cryo-Chamber that helps pull cool air into the system through 2 fans, 3 copper heat pipes, and 4 exhaust vents.—
Sherrie Nachman,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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On the platform, around the clock, the racket of metal bore pipes and machinery, the drilling grime and the speckled mud mingled with the quieter, cleaner work of scientists in trailers converted to pristine labs and processing posts.—
Rodrique Ngowi,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In 2003, Jay Levin shot Mark Drewes, who had been playing ding-dong-ditch and died of his injuries on his 16th birthday, according to the Palm Beach Post, part of the USA TODAY Network.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
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This season, the nearest neighboring fields across the ditch bordering my parents’ house at the farm are filled with sturdy stalks of sorghum.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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Bolster or reattach sagging gutters, tighten up screws, and seal any cracks or leaks with gutter sealant.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
1 Sep. 2025
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Remove standing water from your flowerpots, gutters, pool covers, pet dishes, or birdbaths.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
28 Aug. 2025
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Here and nowhere else, Holland treats Kafka’s oeuvre not as abstract fodder for pithy musing, but as texts which were published at a real point in history, that came from the mind of a person and not a divine conduit.—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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Even though Josh and Arteta have a good relationship, stemming back to when Arteta played for the club, Lewis is the conduit between the club and ownership.—
Dan Sheldon,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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Improvising an armed version to clear Russian trenches should not be an impossible technical challenge, given how easily troops in the field have attached sawn-off shotguns to drones.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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In another photo, the Pomellato woman sits in a bar wearing a patent leather trench, a beret, a stack of bracelets on one arm, glancing down at her companion — an English bulldog.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Passing through clear plastic tubes, muck was sliced into disks like hockey pucks.—
Rodrique Ngowi,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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The water condenses on the glass and flows down a tube to emerge as fresh, drinkable water.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
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The victim's truck was later found abandoned in a ravine.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Sep. 2025
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
6 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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“Trough.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trough. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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