Thesaurus results for PIPELINES

pipelines

noun

plural of pipeline

as in routes

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 pipelines Building and protecting those pipelines will be expensive—but far cheaper than trying to keep the strait open by force or coping with periodic shortages and price spikes. — Philip H. Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2026 The Houthis attacked Saudi oil facilities and pipelines, disrupting crude supplies and sending prices sharply higher. — Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026 The structure will receive CO2 captured from industrial sites and send it through existing pipelines beneath the sea. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026 Room for Disagreement Attempts to damage Nigerian oil pipelines fell by 87% between 2022 and last year, a private company contracted to guard the Trans Niger Pipeline in the southern Niger Delta region said in November. — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026 Those range from the macro-industrial such as aircraft parts and underwater pipelines to the micro-medical such as stents that prop open bodily channels for bodily fluids. — New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2026 The next generation of enterprise AI initiatives will need stronger data pipelines, cleaner data environments, better retrieval systems with continuous monitoring. — Harsh Verma, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026 But current training pipelines are producing just 55% of the skilled workers needed to fill those jobs. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026 Conventional pipelines for selling and showing design were stagnating, and heritage manufacturer contracts had evaporated. — Adrian Madlener, Curbed, 30 Sep. 2026

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Noun

One of the first to try on that hat was the agency's Perseverance rover on Mars, which used machine learning to plan and complete its first drive on the Red Planet using routes mapped out by generative AI in December 2025.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Throughout the war, Russia has repeatedly bombarded Ukraine’s Black Sea and Danube river ports, leaving Kyiv increasingly reliant on alternative routes to get its grain exports to markets in Africa and the Middle East.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026

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Hailed as a bold experiment seven years ago, the Sanfic-Morbido Lab, part of Sanfic’s industry section Sanfic Industria, has evolved into one of the region’s most consistent conduits for fantastic/genre filmmaking.

— Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 1 Sep. 2026
However, developing specialized buoyant materials, underwater conduits, and anti-corrosive gear come with a premium price tag.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026

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Chmerkovskiy's post, which has been deleted, reportedly appeared to reference Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars, according to multiple entertainment news outlets.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
The judge, Timothy Kelly, is expected to rule by then on whether to grant the news outlets a preliminary injunction, something that would prevent the White House from denying access on a longer term.

— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of outlets

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But Netanyahu’s government wanted the existing framework kept intact, according to multiple sources who spoke to TIME, including an Israeli official and an international diplomat.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
Russia's Ryazan oil refinery has suspended operations at a primary crude distillation unit after a drone attack in the region on Thursday, two industry sources told Reuters.

— Arathy Somasekhar Reuters, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of sources

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The campaign is live online and will roll out across social media and other channels in the near term.

— Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
There are scores of websites, social-media groups, and YouTube channels dedicated to analyzing and documenting crashes, ostensibly with the goal of preventing future mishaps in flight.

— Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

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