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grapevines

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plural of grapevine

as in avenues

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In April 2025, Brad Smith announced that Microsoft would challenge any government order to suspend its European cloud operations through available legal avenues, including the courts.

— Margot Edelman, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
While looking for work after finishing school, Tony finds rejection in all avenues of British society despite being born and raised in the country.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2026

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Rooms Standard rooms are classic in look and feel with dark wood furniture and neutral fabrics, yet appointed with modern embellishments such as universal outlets and bedside light controls.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026
Kawasaki has also installed SOx scrubbers on the exhaust outlets of the main engine as well as the onboard power-generation system.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of outlets

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Nord Stream 1 and 2 are two major conduits created to funnel Russian gas to Europe, via Germany.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026
Hailed as a bold experiment seven years ago, the Sanfic-Morbido Lab, part of Sanfic’s industry section Sanfic Industria, has evolved into one of the region’s most consistent conduits for fantastic/genre filmmaking.

— Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of conduits

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Many of the office’s attorneys, particularly in its misdemeanor corps, work with basement-level spirits, according to one of the sources.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
Last month, citing anonymous sources, Reuters reported that Solidigm was holding pitch meetings with investment banks for an IPO that could value the company at up to $150 billion.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of sources

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Liquidity, cybersecurity, backup capacity, strong controls and succession pipelines carry costs.

— Erik Clarke, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Kinder Morgan operates a dominant, interconnected web of steel pipelines that links oversupplied shale basins directly to major demand centers and Gulf Coast export complexes.

— Harvey Stober, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of pipelines

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