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as in conduit
a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas)
the plumber came and fixed the water pipe that was leaking
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as in to funnel
to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway
piped water into every house
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Recent Examples of pipe
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
17 June 2026
Most of the Chicago area uses a combined sewer system, where stormwater and household wastewater drain into the same pipes.
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Marissa Perlman,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
Devorah Lev-Tov,
Travel + Leisure,
19 June 2026
From there, it’s piped to refineries around the country.
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David Goldman,
CNN Money,
12 June 2026
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Noun
Traditional nuclear plants typically rely on large external pipes to connect these systems.
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Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
17 June 2026
Most of the Chicago area uses a combined sewer system, where stormwater and household wastewater drain into the same pipes.
—
Marissa Perlman,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
Verb
From 1840, the Tamina waters were piped into the town of Bad Ragaz, and Tamina Therme bathhouse opened there in 1872.
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Devorah Lev-Tov,
Travel + Leisure,
19 June 2026
From there, it’s piped to refineries around the country.
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David Goldman,
CNN Money,
12 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pipe
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But the outlets require frequent inspections and maintenance when used continuously, which means that one of the four conduits will routinely be offline.
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But the journalist should not become a conduit for disinformation.
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Brent crude oil, the global standard, has dropped below $78 per barrel, its lowest level since early March.
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Analysts at Citi on Monday adjusted their forecast for oil to $75 a barrel in the third quarter of this year, compared to a previous forecast of $110.
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And donations collected during 40+ Double Dutch performances are funneled into the organization’s No Sisters Left Behind fund, which helps others in the group facing financial hardships.
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San Diego City Council members are calling for fundamental changes to the city’s 4-year-old opportunity fund, which funnels money to recreation centers in low-income areas where community donations tend to lag.
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As Photay, Shornstein—a master synthesist and producer—flits between atmospheric house, dubby breakbeat workouts, and chirping electro funk, building his songs’ arrangements into strange, angular shapes.
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The birds chirped a little bit louder.
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Drivers wear vests which pump cooling liquid through a network of tubes, linked to pumping equipment inside the car.
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The characters have little time to make life-or-death decisions, let alone ruminate, and the action vacillates between triage and doctors expertly improvising solutions — like Mel (Taylor Dearden) donating her own blood, and Javadi (Shabana Azeez) going MacGyver mode with a tracheal tube.
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In Seattle, there was a sense of the team harnessing the crowd’s energy, and of the crowd channelling the energy emanating far beyond.
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As an artist who often publicly discusses mental health struggles, Caudle was willing to channel the anxiety that comes with impending parenthood throughout the process of writing and recording Heavy Thrill.
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Use a piping bag or cut the corner on a zip-top bag to easily create a neat dollop of sour cream.
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Roughly 6,500 feet of storm sewers and channels encompass the area, with new covered piping being laid.
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In Texas, parents have the fundamental legal right to direct the moral and religious upbringing of their children without state interference.
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In the movie, directed by Reiner, those are the three words Westley (Cary Elwes) uses while responding to requests from Princess Buttercup (Robin Wright).
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“Pipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pipe. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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