pipeline

noun

ˈpīp-ˌlīn How to pronounce pipeline (audio)
Definition of pipelinenext
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 Dell’s Data Orchestration engine already does the heavy lifting there, documents, images, video, PDFs, pulling that content into AI-ready pipelines. — Osman Koc, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 The commission also declined costs for storage pipeline replacement projects after finding premature plans and uncertain timelines, and for the customer service order tracker after the MPSC did not find the company producing cost-savings data. — Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 Saudi Arabia is expanding its pipeline network, and Kuwait is in talks with Riyadh and the UAE to move crude through their respective links. — semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026 The giant unified memory translates into massive unified frame buffers for multi-layer generative creative pipelines and rapid scrubbing through large, high-resolution video files. — Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pipeline
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pipeline
  1. route
  2. conduit
  3. source
  4. outlet
  5. channel
Noun
  • For four years, Western commercial passenger and cargo planes have already had to fly longer routes to avoid Russian airspace.
    — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026
  • For some, fraud was a route to upward mobility; for others, an act of revenge against the privileged.
    — Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of route
Noun
  • Soto became the conduit, Day and Haitian sources said, for receiving the Haitian government’s $15 million partial payment on the contract.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Creators Drop The Pranks And Get Serious MIPCOM was a conduit for the developing creator economy this year, with the focus switching to those YouTube and digital stars who are actually building businesses.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of conduit
Noun
  • The kingdom, and its neighbors like the UAE and Qatar, have pitched themselves as not just sources of capital, but as a safe home for trillions in financial assets, data centers, and new industries.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Portioned cups of sauces, dressings have some sort of liquid sitting on the lids from an unknown source.
    — NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of source
Noun
  • Zacharia sat down for an interview Thursday with the conservative Human Events outlet.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
  • In her first and only press briefing on Tuesday, a visibly nervous Zacharia spoke from prepared remarks for about 10 minutes before taking questions from just three outlets — Breitbart, Fox News and the Daily Mail — for another five.
    — Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of outlet
Noun
  • Changing the nozzle instead of the color Creality's answer is called KliTek, a four-channel system that takes a slightly different approach.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Rice most recently oversaw Disney's cable channels, news programming and coverage of major sporting events.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of channel

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“Pipeline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pipeline. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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