the pipeline
noun
: the system for developing and producing something
the next wave of products to come down the pipeline
Newer treatments for the disease are in the pipeline.
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If flows thin out or stop, the conclusion is not that the pipeline failed or that Iran couldn't deliver.
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Güney Yıldız,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
The department said the evaluation has started and will delay the project at least through spring 2027 because an analysis of the pipeline’s environmental impact on the utility rights of way needs to be studied over all four seasons.
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Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
29 June 2026
Kenya’s foreign minister flew to Moscow in March to demand that Russia stop recruiting Kenyans, describing the pipeline bringing Kenyan citizens to Russia as a human trafficking ring.
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Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
28 June 2026
Now the pipeline of quality youth had been restocked, allowing for the trade to be made.
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Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
27 June 2026
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Güney Yıldız,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
The department said the evaluation has started and will delay the project at least through spring 2027 because an analysis of the pipeline’s environmental impact on the utility rights of way needs to be studied over all four seasons.
—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
29 June 2026
Kenya’s foreign minister flew to Moscow in March to demand that Russia stop recruiting Kenyans, describing the pipeline bringing Kenyan citizens to Russia as a human trafficking ring.
—
Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
28 June 2026
Now the pipeline of quality youth had been restocked, allowing for the trade to be made.
—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
27 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for the pipeline
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