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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
Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 15 May 2025
Water utility associations said the costly rules, combined with recent mandates to replace harmful lead pipes, would raise residents’ bills and fall hardest on small communities with few resources.
—Michael Phillis, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025
Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2025
Instead, the app hooks into Google Maps, and pipes the path provided by it into the display as text and direction arrows.
—PC Magazine, 11 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The 38-year-old man was sentenced in Oct. 2023 to five years in prison for a series of road rage assaults on Southern California freeways dating back to 2020, many of which involved his wielding a metal pipe.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 15 May 2025
Water utility associations said the costly rules, combined with recent mandates to replace harmful lead pipes, would raise residents’ bills and fall hardest on small communities with few resources.
—Michael Phillis, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025
Verb
Listen to the bright Asian pop piped through the speakers.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2025
Instead, the app hooks into Google Maps, and pipes the path provided by it into the display as text and direction arrows.
—PC Magazine, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pipe
Noun
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The fake banking app, distributed via Telegram, reflects a broader strategy where messaging platforms become unwitting conduits for malicious activities.—
Yaamini Barathi Mohan,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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In previous years, American spy agencies issued warnings that G42 could be a conduit for siphoning advanced American technology to China.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
14 May 2025
Noun
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On another morning Woods put a hollow red barrel on the drill and bored into the ice at a refrozen site to extract an ice core about as long and thick as his arm.—
Alec Luhn,
Scientific American,
20 May 2025
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The International Monetary Fund has estimated that oil must be at almost $100 a barrel for the kingdom to balance its funding of Vision 2030 economic transformation.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
Verb
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As venture capital money poured into tech, brands funneled more of their budget into expanding their stacks.—
Tate Olinghouse,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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During his hearing, a judge recommended that the man hire an attorney to seek asylum and told him his case could now be funneled through U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, shortly before he was taken into custody by ICE.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
22 May 2025
Verb
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With the birds chirping and flowers blooming, the apple trees are getting ready to create the fruit that goes into making your favorite ciders.—
Em Sauter,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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Whose comeback chirps take the longest and aren’t funny?—
Jeremy Rutherford,
The Athletic,
12 Feb. 2025
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The team is taking this tack because Perseverance is getting low on unsealed tubes and still has a lot of intriguing ground to cover.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
21 May 2025
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The internet is already a part of us, inside of us; and maybe what remains for the digital novelist is to get outside, to gather up the whole snarled mess of tubes and plunk it down on an examination table.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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Rihanna seemed to channel her own character for her dress inspo, as the Smurfs actress wore a beautiful blue tie-neck halter gown, which, similar to Tuesday's dress, also donned cutouts at her midriff.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
21 May 2025
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Blythe and Grey Blythe and Grey channeled the feel of the Italian Riviera when designing the patio of a Spanish-style Phoenix home built in the 1940s.—
Elizabeth Stamp,
Architectural Digest,
20 May 2025
Noun
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Special touches, like metallic piping accents on the shoulder seam, add personality to this purposeful accessory.—
Pamela Brill,
Parents,
22 May 2025
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The kit includes a piping bag for easy filling and a starter set of 25 cake pop sticks.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
21 May 2025
Verb
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Those critiques gave rise to fears that the Marshals could be caught in the middle of a power struggle if the White House or Justice Department direct them to ignore a court order or to yank security from judges, the Democrats said.—
Carrie Johnson,
NPR,
22 May 2025
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Jonathan Spector’s play will be directed for TimeLine by Lili-Anne Brown and staged at a Chicago venue yet to be announced.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2025
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“Pipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pipe. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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