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
Noun
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Process mining is the statistically most popular routes (where there is tracking).—
Ian Gotts,
Forbes.com,
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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In the late 2000s, both Ross’ crew and Cash Money were in Miami recording at Hit Factory, with Khaled serving as the conduit between them, passing tracks back and forth.—
Pitchfork,
Pitchfork,
6 June 2025
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Last month, a Los Angeles judge ruled that Sony was no longer obligated to provide episodes to CBS, which has served for decades as the conduit, delivering batches of episodes to television stations around the country.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2025
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Yerevan has since sought to diversify its defense sources, reducing arms imports from Russia to as low as 10 percent by 2024.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Climate change and shifting food sources are also causing species-wide population declines, the experts said.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
8 June 2025
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The younger brother was 9 years old, the outlet reported.—
Mitchell Willetts,
Kansas City Star,
8 June 2025
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The outlet reported that Sanchez had two engagement parties, one in Beverly Hills and another in Positano, Italy.—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
7 June 2025
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Watson has not publicly commented on the lawsuit but continues to post videos to his YouTube channel.—
Theo Karantsalis,
Miami Herald,
13 June 2025
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Beyond Tehran, Iranian news channel IRINN reports that there were airstrikes on the city of Natanz, which is home to a key nuclear facility.—
Christina Wilkie,Anniek Bao,Riya Bhattacharjee,
CNBC,
13 June 2025
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“Pipeline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pipeline. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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