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
  • Meanwhile, hiring has cooled in many white-collar sectors such as software development or marketing, the very industries most exposed to AI.
    Svenja Gudell, Fortune, 18 July 2026
  • Jason Alden | Bloomberg | Getty Images China’s auto exports have boomed in recent years as the country’s appetite for new models has cooled.
    Phil LeBeau,Meghan Reeder, CNBC, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • Client travel funds dried up during the 2008 financial crisis, and of course many advisors were forced to either close, sell or retool their businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Jacques Ledbetter, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • Because cap space around the NBA has dried up, Watson’s best chance to get paid is via sign-and-trade, inking a new contract with the Nuggets, who would then simultaneously flip him to his new team.
    Fred Katz, New York Times, 16 July 2026
Verb
  • But within the cozy world of footballing governance, any dissent was mostly hushed—except in Norway.
    Tom Kludt, Vanity Fair, 17 July 2026
  • Behind the station doors are 150 polished European-style rooms, hushed corridors and a few magnificent surprises.
    David Hochman, Forbes.com, 26 June 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 21 Jul. 2026.

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