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tile

[tahyl] / taɪl /
NOUN
slab
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Hardwood floors run throughout the property, including in the bedrooms, save for the entryway which features a terracotta tile and a wrought iron staircase leading up to the second level.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

The couple spent “a big chunk of our budget” on tile, Teri Lauenstein said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

"I remember that as a child I climbed up there, all the way to the main roof tile," former salt farmer Omer Hot said, gesturing at the seven-metre-high storehouse roof.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

Investing in an electric kiln means the firm is "strengthening the long-term viability of UK brick and roof tile manufacturing", says Renard.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2026

“Lexie, I need you to sell this tile for me on one of those buy and sell groups.”

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

There is the intermittent purr of generators, dogs barking, and, from time to time, the dry clack of domino tiles echoing in the street.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

Tiny bits of glitter are embedded in our tiles, a bright reminder of Scott and the beauty and joy he brought to even the most mundane tasks.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

But you don’t have to compute the coefficient to know that matte tiles are better than shiny ones, and small tiles are better than the big ones because the grout lines provide friction.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

Much of that additional mass comes from the hardware required for complete reusability, including heat shield tiles, landing propellant, structural reinforcements, and other recovery systems.

From Science Daily Jul. 11, 2026

I hurry myself into the kitchen, socks sliding on the tiles, and yank open the fridge to grab the milk.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender

Others rushed into the room, including three hotel security guards who flung themselves in so quickly their backs slammed against the tiled wall.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 26, 2026

This country is tiled with adrift twentysomething males, beset with incoherent politics, whose opinion about any issue is generated in the 10 seconds after they’ve been asked the question.

From Slate Apr. 13, 2026

Like many visitors, Billy first came to Kelvingrove with this family and it is memories of those visits, including sliding around the tiled floors with his sister Flo, in their socks, that he recalls.

From BBC Mar. 30, 2026

Somehow, creaky tiled houses have been wedged here between enormous outcroppings of glacial boulders.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 27, 2026

Any sound you make ricochets around, bouncing against all these different-shaped stone, mosaic and tiled surfaces.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Meanwhile the tiling for the kitchen has, Lorenze revealed, been specially created for the couple featuring designs that reflect their passions, interests, and romantic milestones.

From MarketWatch Apr. 8, 2026

The company, which incorporated in 2020 and is based in Caldwell, appears to provide contractor services for tiling work.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 31, 2026

Well-known visual examples of this kind of tiling can be found in the artwork of M.C.

From Science Daily Jan. 7, 2026

A student visa for Belarus, available in three weeks for 2.75 million CFA, sought-after tiling jobs in Dubai, and a three-month employment contract in Latvia are just some of the options on the list.

From Barron's Oct. 11, 2025

He held the shining tiling carefully and blinked at Ralph.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding




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