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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
Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Thaw the frozen pipes Apply heat using a hair dryer, heating pad or warm towels wrapped around the pipe.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 23 Jan. 2026
Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 20 Jan. 2026
The kitchen also pipes its own spiral sausage using a Calabrian pepper pork sausage from Lottie’s Meats, a Denver business started by sisters Chelsey and Cassie Maschhoff.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 14 Jan. 2026
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Noun
With Milwaukee and the rest of Wisconsin plunged into dangerously cold temperatures, there's an especially high risk of your pipes freezing or bursting.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Thaw the frozen pipes Apply heat using a hair dryer, heating pad or warm towels wrapped around the pipe.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 23 Jan. 2026
Verb
Water from Central Indiana, including the reservoir, could be piped north to the tech park to support growing industry, like Eli Lilly and Meta.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 20 Jan. 2026
The kitchen also pipes its own spiral sausage using a Calabrian pepper pork sausage from Lottie’s Meats, a Denver business started by sisters Chelsey and Cassie Maschhoff.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 14 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pipe
Noun
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Angelic children are conduits between life and death.—
Natalia Jiménez-Stuard,
Washington Post,
9 Jan. 2026
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That may not be considered overly important, but the media remain the best conduit between the England team and its supporters, even in the social media age.—
Paul Newman,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Schools shut down, flights canceled, and residents hunker down as the multiday storm barrels across the country from Texas to New England.—
Emilie Megnien,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2026
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Producers did not have enough mature barrels to maintain consistent age statements across growing product lines.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Prosecutors allege Soofer funneled cash into designer clothing, luxury vacations and his homes in Westwood and Greece.—
Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2026
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And Love on Haight—a psychedelic boutique and nonprofit—funnels its proceeds into housing and harm-reduction initiatives for unhoused artists.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
Verb
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But images of those youthful frolics amid chirping children quickly slips behind me, muted by my puffing, labored breaths and the blanket of snow.—
Thomas Cangelosi,
Hartford Courant,
4 Jan. 2026
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Had Steve Smith been fit and available to play, then the 31-year-old would have been patrolling another part of the field; maybe busying himself in the covers, or chirping away from under a lid at short leg.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
21 Dec. 2025
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By rolling MXene flakes into tubes, the team created hollow structures that allow ions to move more freely.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Jan. 2026
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Maher was the one who bathed Wael, changed his clothing, and helped administer food and medication through a tube, Arnaout said.—
Nicquel Terry Ellis,
CNN Money,
29 Jan. 2026
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Golden Globes hair 2026 channeled silver screen elegance with movie star bobs, sculptural waves, and vintage styles owning the night.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
12 Jan. 2026
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Selena Gomez channeled Old Hollywood glamour in a black floor-length Chanel gown with a white feathered off-the-shoulder neckline.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
12 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Weezie towels have a hanging loop sewn into the piping to help aid the drying experience, says Eichholz, but for towels that don’t have a loop, hanging to dry is still best.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
25 Jan. 2026
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Taken together with the 10-foot-tall card made of plywood and metal piping, the words of passersby represent their own form of protest art.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The president directed Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to determine whether any foreign adversaries directly or indirectly sell goods or oil to Cuba.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Jan. 2026
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Abbott has taken preemptive action against the New World screwworm threat by directing the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Texas Animal Health Commission to establish a joint Texas New World Screwworm Response Team.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Pipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pipe. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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