piped down

past tense of pipe down

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of piped down Since becoming mayor, though, Mamdani has piped down publicly on his calls for the freeze in order to avoid the appearance of compromising the board’s independence. Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 25 June 2026 This is then piped down to the Gulf where it is turned into liquid, frozen to [less than] minus 200 degrees Fahrenheit and then put into ships. Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 5 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for piped down
Verb
  • The geothermal brine is then cooled by rows of industrial fans that sit atop Fervo's power plant, before it's reinjected into the ground in a closed-loop system.
    Pippa Stevens, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Water use can vary widely from one data center to another, depending on the size of the facility and how it is cooled.
    Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Aquifer levels sank, lakes dried up and most of the large farming companies departed amid water restrictions in the late 1990s.
    Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Iran has endured decades of harsh sanctions and has recently faced a full US Navy blockade of its ports that has dried up oil exports.
    Yash Roy, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Moments ago, the courtroom was hushed when the mistrial was declared, marking an emotional close for this jury in the nearly six-week trial.
    Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Salesforce has clearly hushed the skeptics on Wednesday night.
    Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Anyone asked by local or national media over the past few months if they’d been invited to the nuptials clammed up quickly.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
  • On Israel, a lot of candidates have clammed up.
    Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 22 June 2026

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“Piped down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piped%20down. Accessed 7 Sep. 2026.

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