the pipeline
noun
: the system for developing and producing something
the next wave of products to come down the pipeline
Newer treatments for the disease are in the pipeline.
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To address this, PG&E relocated the pipeline approximately 100 feet downstream and buried it approximately 20 feet beneath the creekbed.
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Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
With fewer studios green-lighting films and TV shows, budding young artists have fewer places to pitch their next great ideas, and the pipeline of content becomes more uniform.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 8 Dec. 2025
On is bringing its LightSpray uppers to mass market and Brooks is offering an entirely new experience with max-cushioning and road feel in one, as two just two of the examples of what’s in the pipeline.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 5 Dec. 2025
Places that draw young professionals build the pipeline of future top earners.
—Cristobal Young, The Conversation, 1 Dec. 2025
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Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
With fewer studios green-lighting films and TV shows, budding young artists have fewer places to pitch their next great ideas, and the pipeline of content becomes more uniform.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 8 Dec. 2025
On is bringing its LightSpray uppers to mass market and Brooks is offering an entirely new experience with max-cushioning and road feel in one, as two just two of the examples of what’s in the pipeline.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 5 Dec. 2025
Places that draw young professionals build the pipeline of future top earners.
—Cristobal Young, The Conversation, 1 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the pipeline
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“The pipeline.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20pipeline. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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