piped

past tense of pipe
1
as in directed
to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway piped water into every house

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2
as in chirped
to make a short sharp sound like a small bird the baby piped shrilly in his bed

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Recent Examples of piped Inside, the lobby is dimly lit in soothing lavender and blue and house music is piped in by surround sound. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026 Dresses based on the domestic adornment were piped in leather, while a gleaming gold dress was laser-cut with the decorative pattern. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2026 Other times, the insides will have alchemized into a thick fluid or gel, as if someone had piped them full of raspberry jam. — Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026 In particular, the thick whip piped across the top of the drink tasted just like a Reese’s and melted satisfyingly into the drink over time. — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026 With Brown, Amos makes twinkly, off-kilter experimental songs that sometimes sound as though they’re being piped out of a cursed music box. — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026 The cost of powering homes is also up, with electricity and piped gas both costing around 4% more annually. — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026 The collection also includes a special Poké Ball Doughnut — glazed and dipped in vanilla icing, topped with red sprinkles and piped with chocolate icing. — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2026 Rinaldi incorporates black sesame paste into an almond frangipane filling, which is piped into the pastries partway through baking. — Warren Rojas, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2026
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Verb
  • The former is an action drama directed by Suresh Triveni and fronted by Anil Kapoor; and the latter an original drama series starring Bhumi Pednekar.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
  • This revival, which boasts a cast of new names and is directed by Tony winner Danya Taymor (The Outsiders), is likely to be one of the buzziest shows of the fall season (its run has already been extended through April 4, 2027).
    — Rebecca Milzoff, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2026
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  • Rutschman said some of his former Orioles teammates chirped at him throughout the game and gave him a hard time about getting around the ballpark as a visiting player.
    — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Social media has chirped with photos and comments from birders, some of whom see this as a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
    — Mindy Schauer, Oc Register, 3 Sep. 2026
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  • After his best friend died of AIDS, activist Cleve Jones channeled his grief into a sewing project that became the AIDS Memorial Quilt.
    — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Unavoidably the text has been chopped and channeled, with some swapping of parts, bits of narration screwed into dialogue and events described in a paragraph blown out into scenes.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
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  • Uthmeier controlled an anti-recreational marijuana political committee that got nearly $10 million from a Medicaid settlement that the grand jury said was funneled through the Hope Florida Foundation.
    — Liv Caputo, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Rush funneled $145 million into wire transfers to fund an extravagant lifestyle.
    — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026
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  • In Moore’s case, though, the contents of those boxes carried a different weight.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • But by the mid-2020s, the current had carried Rothe back to the genre that embraced her the most.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
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  • In fact, their 2026 Giving Signals Report, conducted with The Harris Poll, pegged millennials as the most active donor generation right now.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2026
  • While at the site, Wyatt conducted a series of tests and eventually claimed that the formation was actually the remains of Noah’s Ark.
    — Eric Vanden Eykel, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2026

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“Piped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piped. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

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