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urinal

[yoor-uh-nl] / ˈjʊər ə nl /


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The piece proved an immediate hit, with critics comparing it to ready-made master Marcel Duchamp’s 1917 porcelain urinal, “Fountain.”

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 31, 2025

Each of the units, known as Thrones, includes a toilet, an urinal and a sink with an ADA-accessible ramp.

From Los Angeles Times May 6, 2025

I said, No. 1, don’t talk to me while we’re at the urinal and then really?

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 2024

Kevin Holding, 60, was crushed when a pop-up urinal he was working on in Soho dropped suddenly, on 27 January 2023.

From BBC Feb. 27, 2024

I made it to the blessed urinal, which was really just a long, waist-high sheet of tin screwed to the wall with a trough sort of thing below it.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

Even if cubicles were slightly more expensive to maintain or consumed more water, this would not necessarily be enough to justify a price difference compared with urinals, she added.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

I base this not on any grand political theory but on how many times I stood next to members of Congress at urinals at DCA during my years living in D.C.

From Slate Nov. 7, 2025

The urinals — see the particularly majestic Deco “Radio” Adamsez iteration in the gentleman’s cloakroom of the old Derry and Toms building, Kensington — elevate the form to art even before Duchamp.

From New York Times Nov. 23, 2024

Bathrooms, featuring 1,100 toilets and urinals, are strategically placed throughout the concourse, with no more than 100 feet separating them, according to estimates from staff, guaranteeing fewer butts on toilets and more butts in seats.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 23, 2024

The crews were never told what they were building, or why it needed so many urinals, but it was obviously some kind of bomb shelter.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin




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