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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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Recent Examples of piped
To make sure drivers don’t miss critical cues, important noises can also be piped directly into the cabin via the headrest.
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2025
Tesla drivers can choose from 80 supercharger stations surrounding the diner and can order food directly from their cars’ touch screens, while audio for the drive-in movie screens is piped into their sound system.
—Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
To put an autumnal spin on the classic, use orange food coloring and shape Rice Krispie treats into pumpkins, adding pretzel sticks and piped green leaves to the top to serve as stems.
—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2025
Saturday afternoons weren’t complete without a browse through the racks, the smell of fresh plastic packaging, and the soundtrack of pop hits piped over tinny speakers.
—Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Airy Berliners piped with elderflower crème fraîche and dusted in nori are an excellent vehicle for caviar; lemon pepper frog legs show the versatility of the city’s signature spice blend; black truffles add a new level of depth to tiramisu; and Comté foam elevates an espresso martini.
—Pervaiz Shallwani, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Aug. 2025
The line is still rooted in pants, led by the brand’s signature Gold School chino in a cotton twill and piped seams, which retail for $115.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 11 Aug. 2025
Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2025
Tesla drivers can choose from 80 supercharger stations surrounding the diner and can order food directly from their cars’ touch screens, while audio for the drive-in movie screens is piped into their sound system.
—Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
To put an autumnal spin on the classic, use orange food coloring and shape Rice Krispie treats into pumpkins, adding pretzel sticks and piped green leaves to the top to serve as stems.
—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2025
Saturday afternoons weren’t complete without a browse through the racks, the smell of fresh plastic packaging, and the soundtrack of pop hits piped over tinny speakers.
—Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Airy Berliners piped with elderflower crème fraîche and dusted in nori are an excellent vehicle for caviar; lemon pepper frog legs show the versatility of the city’s signature spice blend; black truffles add a new level of depth to tiramisu; and Comté foam elevates an espresso martini.
—Pervaiz Shallwani, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Aug. 2025
The line is still rooted in pants, led by the brand’s signature Gold School chino in a cotton twill and piped seams, which retail for $115.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for piped
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With instances of political violence on the rise, the trial is expected to revisit one of the most high-profile instances of alleged violence directed at Trump in the waning days of the 2024 election.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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Would the Clippers be at fault if a sponsor decides to pay a player, but there isn’t sufficient evidence the team directed that payment?—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Deep breathing could be heard; birds chirped loudly outside; spectators murmured on the periphery.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Her 2020 duo of albums, Folklore and Evermore, channeled the sound and sensibility of indie rock, refracting her perennial personal themes through a dark, blurry lens of fantasy and allegory.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
4 Sep. 2025
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The outfit—both edgy and alluring—has since become an iconic moment in pop culture cinema, and Bieber totally channeled the vibe—in her own modern, stylish way, naturally.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In other states across the country, convicts were funnelled into a range of different facilities, but in Aragua the system was more centralized, and the main prison was Tocorón.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Obvious as that opening sequence at the cider mill might be, there’s a lingering queasiness to its Wes Anderson-like top-down shots of apples being funnelled through a big machine that shuts down the second an irregular object is thrown into the mix.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Only three currently represent districts Harris carried last year.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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The guardrail to this application is ensuring the rules, framework and sourcing are continually validated, and that assumptions are not allowed to be carried versus validated continually.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Prosecutors also allege Von Ferdinand siphoned thousands of dollars from Jett’s accounts until about mid-2024.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Sep. 2025
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That sequel’s grosses were siphoned from a theatrical day-and-date release on HBO Max, when Warners was employing project popcorn during a time when cinemas were recovering and reopening from Covid.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Arteta later revealed that the Arsenal squad had conducted a vote on who would be this season’s captain, and that Odegaard won ‘by a mile’.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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The warplanes recently conducted operational flight testing of AGR-20F live fire at targets over land and water.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Piped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piped. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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