High-efficiency motors, which have more copper coils and thinner laminate steel, cost more to make.

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Bits of food would sneak into the seams of laminate counters or the grout in tile counters.

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The bathrooms used to have builder-grade cherry cabinetry, laminate counters and cream-colored tile.

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The company provides a complete selection for all markets of carpet, ceramic tile, laminate, wood, stone, vinyl and rugs.

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Put them on a piece of paper and laminate it, keeping it clearly in view on your desk all day long.

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Workers used a sled to carry the bear from his pickup truck into the showroom, where it was placed on a laminate-topped wooden table.

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The only hills in sight composed of a cinderblock sprawl of informal settlements built on top of one another, many fortified with only cardboard and laminate.

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The company makes highly durable engineered quartz countertops, a relatively high-priced item that is more expensive than laminate and costs as much as its arch rival, granite.

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The former kitchen had dark wood cabinets and laminate counters.

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Were tile and laminate counters so bad?

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