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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
At that point in late January, the carcass’s resting place was a trough in the canyon that required pinpoint precision to reach.
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Sruthi Gurudev Jules Jacobs, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
The trough is expected to be through the region by early next week.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025
Earthquakes have struck the trough off the Japanese main island's southern coastline every 100 to 150 years, with the last recorded in 1946.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
The waves’ matter-dense crests sowed the seeds of future galaxies and galaxy clusters, while galaxy-sparse voids emerged from the matter-poor troughs.
—Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 2025
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Sruthi Gurudev Jules Jacobs, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
The trough is expected to be through the region by early next week.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025
Earthquakes have struck the trough off the Japanese main island's southern coastline every 100 to 150 years, with the last recorded in 1946.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
The waves’ matter-dense crests sowed the seeds of future galaxies and galaxy clusters, while galaxy-sparse voids emerged from the matter-poor troughs.
—Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trough
Noun
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In January, hundreds of residents were evacuated from the Patrick Sullivan Senior Apartments on the Near West Side due to a burst pipe, which resulted in flooding and the loss of heat and hot water.—
Lizzie Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
21 May 2025
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If a thick layer of wet coffee grounds is placed around a plant, a water-resistant barrier is formed (ask a plumber what the grounds do to your plumbing pipes).—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
18 May 2025
Noun
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Stay informed and follow these tips from the NWS to ensure safety during heavy rainfall: Beware of swollen waterways: Avoid parking or walking in close proximity to culverts or drainage ditches, as the swiftly moving water during heavy rain can potentially carry you away.—
Bay Area Weather Report,
Mercury News,
25 May 2025
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Here’s your guide from the NWS to staying safe during downpours: Beware of rapid water flow: During heavy rain, avoid parking or walking near culverts or drainage ditches, where swift-moving water can pose a serious risk.—
Southern California Weather Report,
Oc Register,
24 May 2025
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The developer also would improve and widen streets, including Burlington Avenue and Tuthill Road, to meet city standards, with a 28-foot width, curbs, gutters and storm sewer infrastructure, said Vince Rosanova, attorney for the project.—
Marie Wilson,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2025
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The city asked for a new curb and gutter and sidewalk across the length of the frontage, which would destroy the trees there.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 May 2025
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LLMs and machine learning are merely the conduit through which benefits to the customer are delivered.—
Justin Warren,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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His strained, sandpaper-coarse timbre served as an ideal conduit for songs concerned with boisterous revelries, shady agreements, licentious intentions and musical pleasures.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
25 May 2025
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Bieber has proven time and time again that a floor-dusting trench goes with everything—including jorts and fisherman sandals.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
20 May 2025
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Most of the active coronae were encircled by trenches, a hint that old crust dives into Venus’s mantle around these rocky rings, where it is driven downward as buoyant rock rises from below in the middle of each corona’s ring structure.—
Elise Cutts,
Scientific American,
13 May 2025
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The team is taking this tack because Perseverance is getting low on unsealed tubes and still has a lot of intriguing ground to cover.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
21 May 2025
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The internet is already a part of us, inside of us; and maybe what remains for the digital novelist is to get outside, to gather up the whole snarled mess of tubes and plunk it down on an examination table.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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The cyclist was helped from the ravine and emergency services transported him on a stretcher to the hospital.—
Natasha Dye,
People.com,
27 May 2025
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 May 2025
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The deep-scarlet colored ski outfit is fully insulated and features an asymmetric zip closure and funnel neckline.—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
19 May 2025
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The mines in the state’s Iron Range, where Mr. Bird was born and raised — and where his father, grandfather and great-grandfather worked in the pits before him — sit atop a domestic supply funnel.—
Tim Gruber,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
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“Trough.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trough. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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