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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
It’s made up of around 10,000 tiny square tubes, each hand-welded together and mounted in the highly polished surround.
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Howard Walker, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2024
The one in my right arm extracted my blood and passed it through a machine that separates the PBSC from the rest of my blood, which is subsequently returned via a tube going into my left arm.
—Pia Velasco, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2024
Pressure tubes blow down into each chamber in precise amounts distributing it more evenly, eliminating cold spots.
—Marni Jameson, arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024
With 5,000 whopping lumens, this thing is ridiculously bright, like its own super moon bottled up in a tube.
—Lisa Jhung, Outside Online, 2 Nov. 2024
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Howard Walker, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2024
The one in my right arm extracted my blood and passed it through a machine that separates the PBSC from the rest of my blood, which is subsequently returned via a tube going into my left arm.
—Pia Velasco, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2024
Pressure tubes blow down into each chamber in precise amounts distributing it more evenly, eliminating cold spots.
—Marni Jameson, arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024
With 5,000 whopping lumens, this thing is ridiculously bright, like its own super moon bottled up in a tube.
—Lisa Jhung, Outside Online, 2 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tube
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In back, a pipe is leaking, damaged when the wall supporting a heater was torn out.Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
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Now, a team of engineers from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (RMIT) in Australia have invented a protective coating for concrete pipes that could help reduce the number of fatbergs that form in sewers.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
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Palantir’s Alex Karp The CEO of the defense tech company will be with CNBC TV’s Morgan Brennan and Jon Fortt in the 4 p.m. hour.Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2024
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Subsequent rounds will be decided by a single match, culminating in the MLS Cup championship game on Dec. 7. Apple will make all first-round games by all teams available free through the Season Pass on the Apple TV app.David Bloom, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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Now, Trump’s election means Orbán will be far less isolated and may even become the political bloc’s conduit to Trump.Alexander Smith, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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In Springfield, Ohio, X played a similar role as a conduit for white supremacists and far-right extremists to fuel real-world harm.Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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State-run television reported the entire population of 10 million people was without electricity — at least the second such incident in less than a month on the island.Reuters, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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That same month, Trump was nearly killed on live television when a gunman opened fire during the former president’s campaign rally in Pennsylvania.Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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The company continues to focus on expanding its distribution channels and developing new products.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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China has since made an effort to avoid being bypassed by maintaining close channels of communication with Pyongyang.Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
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My neighbor used to fly them, waving his cane in wild circles overhead to make the funnel of bird-flesh spin.Jonah Walters, Longreads, 24 Oct. 2024
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In these cases, getting the customer over the line and purchasing can be the toughest part of the sales funnel.Darpan Munjal, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Tube.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tube. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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