as in route
a direct way of passing along information or supplies
an equipment hauler serves as the columnist's pipeline for gossip about the rock band the battle was ultimately lost because the enemy had destroyed our pipeline for resupply
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Recent Examples of pipeline
The Danish drugmaker — once the undisputed king of injectable weight-loss drugs — is suddenly trailing rival Eli Lilly in prescriptions, pipeline innovation, and investor confidence.
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Quartz Staff, Quartz, 1 June 2025
Perhaps not nearly to the same extent, but as a way to better protect vital assets like undersea communications and power cables, pipelines, and oil sites, as well as monitoring potential threats and tracking the ever-increasing maritime traffic of the world's sea lanes.
—David Szondy
may 31, New Atlas, 31 May 2025
The Mekorot pipeline connections supply drinking water purchased from Israel.
—Sarah-Grace Mankarious, CNN Money, 31 May 2025
Niobium is used in pipelines, rockets and jet engines.
—David Yusufu Kibingila, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
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Quartz Staff, Quartz, 1 June 2025
Perhaps not nearly to the same extent, but as a way to better protect vital assets like undersea communications and power cables, pipelines, and oil sites, as well as monitoring potential threats and tracking the ever-increasing maritime traffic of the world's sea lanes.
—David Szondy
may 31, New Atlas, 31 May 2025
The Mekorot pipeline connections supply drinking water purchased from Israel.
—Sarah-Grace Mankarious, CNN Money, 31 May 2025
Niobium is used in pipelines, rockets and jet engines.
—David Yusufu Kibingila, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pipeline
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But there’s another route this could go down, a silent divorce.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
5 June 2025
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Every day at the start of practice, the wide receivers line up and run half-speed routes to get loose, while the quarterbacks throw high-arcing passes downfield.—
Sean Hammond,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2025
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LLMs and machine learning are merely the conduit through which benefits to the customer are delivered.—
Justin Warren,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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His strained, sandpaper-coarse timbre served as an ideal conduit for songs concerned with boisterous revelries, shady agreements, licentious intentions and musical pleasures.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
25 May 2025
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Charlie Davis Season: 46 Placed: 2nd If Q was the hurricane blowing through Survivor 46, Davis was a source of calm geniality at the center, constantly quoting Taylor Swift songs while obscuring his careful, clever gameplay.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Time,
29 May 2025
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In addition, with Serge Gnabry a year away from being a free agent, Leroy Sane’s contract renewal increasingly tenuous, and Kingsley Coman another likely departure, the wide forwards positions — which have so often been a source of such power — need regenerating.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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Jennings then shared the agreement with other media outlets, and the department released a statement on his retirement.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
28 May 2025
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Avoid entering basements or rooms where electrical outlets or cords are submerged in water.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 May 2025
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More than 1,500 people are suing the city in 54 lawsuits, saying its failure to maintain its storm channels led to catastrophic flooding that displaced thousands, mainly in underserved neighborhoods in the Chollas Creek watershed.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 June 2025
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Castelli maps four transmission channels: acute events, chronic shifts, transition pressures, and litigation.—
Michael Sheldrick,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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“Pipeline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pipeline. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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