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
Research and development expenses rose 12% to $1.13 billion, reflecting Alnylam's ongoing investment in its pipeline, including clinical trials for its RNAi therapeutics.
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Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2025
Restoring that, coupled with building up a pipeline, could mean billions for the government.
—Maria Curi, Axios, 13 Feb. 2025
Local votes in Massachusetts stopped one pipeline, and a study commissioned by then Attorney General Maura Healey, now the governor, determined Massachusetts had no need for additional pipelines.
—Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2025
The data pipeline Viewing Musk’s moves as a power grab becomes clearer when examining his corporate empire.
—Allison Stanger, The Conversation, 7 Feb. 2025
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Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2025
Restoring that, coupled with building up a pipeline, could mean billions for the government.
—Maria Curi, Axios, 13 Feb. 2025
Local votes in Massachusetts stopped one pipeline, and a study commissioned by then Attorney General Maura Healey, now the governor, determined Massachusetts had no need for additional pipelines.
—Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2025
The data pipeline Viewing Musk’s moves as a power grab becomes clearer when examining his corporate empire.
—Allison Stanger, The Conversation, 7 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pipeline
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The Philadelphia Inquirer, CBS News and WJLA reported that two people were shot at the victory parade, near the parade route in the city's Spring Garden neighborhood.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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Jacksonville: Monday's through Thursday's routes will run one day late.—
Joy Jackson,
arkansasonline.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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The porous border has long been a conduit for the smuggling of people, weapons, and drugs.—
Kareem Chehayeb and Abby Sewell,
The Christian Science Monitor,
8 Feb. 2025
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Foreign assistance is a conduit for helping the U.S. achieve its foreign policy goals.—
Ivana Saric,
Axios,
31 Jan. 2025
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The document shows Patel drew income from an unusual range of sources — the Embassy of Qatar, Shein and a California company that rents out metal storage tanks.—
Brian Slodysko,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2025
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The enmity is partially driven by perception troubles, according to city, county and state sources.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
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According to French news outlets Le Parisien, RTL and FranceInfo, police said that Lasalle was walking home from her middle school on Friday afternoon, Feb. 7.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
8 Feb. 2025
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Local outlets reported that Manzano's wife, Ashleigh Boyd, who was a teacher, was killed in a car crash last April.—
Sarah Lynch Baldwin,
CBS News,
7 Feb. 2025
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The analysts said channel and partner checks ahead of earnings were strong.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
11 Feb. 2025
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The targets included oil depot and oil stations and a helicopter plant in the Rostov region, oil refineries in Krasnodar Krai, and an oil pipeline in the Volgograd region, the channel said.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Pipeline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pipeline. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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