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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That, along with near-record-high home prices, is keeping renters in place for longer and will likely push multifamily vacancy rates lower once all the new supply makes it through the pipeline.
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Diana Olick, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2025
Most of the campaigns still in the running paid people to gather the tens of thousands of signatures needed to keep proposals in the pipeline.
—State House News Service, Boston Herald, 24 Nov. 2025
Over the years, Zegna has built the group’s supply chain and invested in the pipeline.
—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 24 Nov. 2025
But Windwave’s new owners knew the company’s value was about to soar, thanks to the Amazon contracts in the pipeline.
—Sean Patrick Cooper, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025
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Diana Olick, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2025
Most of the campaigns still in the running paid people to gather the tens of thousands of signatures needed to keep proposals in the pipeline.
—State House News Service, Boston Herald, 24 Nov. 2025
Over the years, Zegna has built the group’s supply chain and invested in the pipeline.
—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 24 Nov. 2025
But Windwave’s new owners knew the company’s value was about to soar, thanks to the Amazon contracts in the pipeline.
—Sean Patrick Cooper, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 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 28 Nov. 2025.
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