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
About 20% of the company's work is in non-defense sectors, including energy and environment roles such as oil and gas pipeline monitoring and wildfire response.
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Alan Neuhauser, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024
Philanthropist Alice Walton founded the School of Medicine in 2021 to improve health and well-being by creating a new pipeline of physicians for the future, the release states.
—Gael Langdon, arkansasonline.com, 29 Oct. 2024
The company plans to build an $8 billion, 2,500-mile carbon pipeline across South Dakota and the Midwest.
—USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
For CEOs, that could mean looking past the traditional sales-to-C-suite pipeline and considering people who have worked in other departments.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2024
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Alan Neuhauser, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024
Philanthropist Alice Walton founded the School of Medicine in 2021 to improve health and well-being by creating a new pipeline of physicians for the future, the release states.
—Gael Langdon, arkansasonline.com, 29 Oct. 2024
The company plans to build an $8 billion, 2,500-mile carbon pipeline across South Dakota and the Midwest.
—USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
For CEOs, that could mean looking past the traditional sales-to-C-suite pipeline and considering people who have worked in other departments.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pipeline
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Dolce tells Axios that the route Ardonagh took with both direct lenders and bank lenders combining on the same deal raised some eyebrows.Michael Flaherty, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
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Moraga Ave and Highway 13 are major evacuation routes for Piedmont and Oakland.Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Now, Trump’s election means Orbán will be far less isolated and may even become the political bloc’s conduit to Trump.Alexander Smith, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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In Springfield, Ohio, X played a similar role as a conduit for white supremacists and far-right extremists to fuel real-world harm.Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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The general public has been convinced that cultural diversity is the only way to achieve DEI, only to further divide people and divert attention from the real source of DEI: economics.Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Chickpeas, sesame seeds, and dark green vegetables, such as kale, arugula, and broccoli, are good sources of calcium.Jianying Zhang, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
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Newsom has devoted much of his second term as governor to cultivating national media attention, especially from Democrat-leaning outlets such as MSNBC.Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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An aide to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is accused of leaking sensitive information to two news outlets in the hopes of sabotaging a hostage deal with Hamas in a political scandal that has roiled Israeli politics.Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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The company continues to focus on expanding its distribution channels and developing new products.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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China has since made an effort to avoid being bypassed by maintaining close channels of communication with Pyongyang.Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
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“Pipeline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pipeline. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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