as in pipes
a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas)
a penstock carried water for the waterwheel
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That fingerprint was sufficient enough to qualify for a warrant to search the rest of the Norman home, where tests of the pipes leading out of the washing machine revealed some matter containing Beryl’s DNA.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025 -
Remove hoses and cover above-ground pipes.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Middle managers—those crucial conduits between strategy and execution—feel less psychologically safe than both their bosses and their teams.—
Harvard Business Review,
Harvard Business Review,
22 Oct. 2025
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The analysts concluded that McGovern—who continued to use his secretblackmars handle, Knife—was one of Kinahan’s primary conduits to the world.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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One resourceful backpacker invented this coupler for refilling miniature toothpaste tubes from full-sized ones.—
Zoe Gates,
Outside,
28 Oct. 2025
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An East Bay institution that’s slung tasty meat tubes for almost a century is no more.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
26 Oct. 2025
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The Disney transaction aims to shake up the streaming TV business, and also comes as Disney has seen its TV channels, including ABC and ESPN go dark on YouTube TV, the streaming multichannel video provider.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Nov. 2025
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The company said all regions and channels delivered double-digit gains.—
Vicki M. Young,
Footwear News,
3 Nov. 2025
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Below, San Angelo gives us several methods for cleaning bathroom sink drains, her best tips on how to avoid a clogged bathroom sink, and what to avoid when cleaning your bathroom sink drain.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Penstocks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/penstocks. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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