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as in conduit
a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas)
the plumber came and fixed the water pipe that was leaking
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as in to funnel
to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway
piped water into every house
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Recent Examples of pipe
Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
These monitor gyroscopic motion, acceleration, and pipe stability.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
One Scalepath member, a cleaning company, uses an AI workflow tool called Zapier to pipe Google reviews into ChatGPT, which drafts replies and posts them automatically.
—Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Crews installed a ventilation system using several large, vertical pipes to safely release methane gas into the atmosphere.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
These monitor gyroscopic motion, acceleration, and pipe stability.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
This set features a button-down shirt with a scalloped collar and chest patch pocket, wide-leg pants with a pull-on waistband, and contrast piped trim.
—Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
One Scalepath member, a cleaning company, uses an AI workflow tool called Zapier to pipe Google reviews into ChatGPT, which drafts replies and posts them automatically.
—Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pipe
Noun
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But the nonprofit did so discreetly, using the International Rescue Committee, a humanitarian organization, as a conduit for the funds.—
Tetiana Kotelnykova,
The Atlantic,
22 Oct. 2025
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Middle managers—those crucial conduits between strategy and execution—feel less psychologically safe than both their bosses and their teams.—
Harvard Business Review,
Harvard Business Review,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The more than 20-piece lineup revisits Calvin Klein’s ‘90s DNA with a modern edge—think darted carpenter jeans with contrast stitching, loose-fitting barrel silhouettes and a mix of puffers, trucker jackets along with the brand’s signature cotton basics like T-shirts, underwear and tank tops.—
Andre Claudio,
Sourcing Journal,
29 Oct. 2025
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Melissa barrels into Cuba ⛈️ After hammering Jamaica with high winds and torrential rains, Hurricane Melissa, downgraded on Wednesday to a Category 2 storm (from a Cat 5), barreled into Cuba.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In cognitive terms, constraints funnel the search away from dominant semantic pathways, encouraging more remote associations.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
23 Oct. 2025
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The Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives has funneled some $500 million into other countries to subsidize Russian propaganda.—
Tetiana Kotelnykova,
The Atlantic,
22 Oct. 2025
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Her Cornish Rex cat, Rabbit, is sprawled out on the floor, unconcerned by the two birds (Chicken and Charlie) chirping from an adjacent office or a colleague’s gray-haired cat next door, who seems to be causing a stir.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
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Before the Buccaneers ran out of the tunnel at Lumen Field, Mayfield and his teammates were chirped by some Seattle fans.—
Matt Audilet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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An East Bay institution that’s slung tasty meat tubes for almost a century is no more.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
26 Oct. 2025
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Journey suffers from a multitude of medical complications, including an incurable lung disease, scoliosis, tremors, relies on a G-tube to eat, and has had surgery on both hips, according to victim impact statements and the prosecution.—
Sydney Barragan,
Oc Register,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Dončić channeled his competitive rage against the team that knocked him out of the playoffs a season ago.—
Dan Woike,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Now JetBlue passengers can even watch Banks explain how to channel your inner mixologist, no cocktail shaker required, in a funny new video streaming on the plane.—
Meredith Lepore,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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That piping was very popular back then.—
Janelle Griffith,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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This Diablo is finished in a rich coat of Verde Hydra, a color the listing says was used only once during the 11 years the vehicle was in production, and a two-person cabin wrapped in beige leather with green contrast piping.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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From industry sources, Fortune estimates that at an annual run rate, the three directs areas combined—the traditional variety, CVs, and co-invests—are raising well over $5 billion a year.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
1 Nov. 2025
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Peter Berg, who’s directing the film, will be co-writing the project alongside Sheridan — the two are close friends and have worked together before on the movies Hell or High Water and Wind River.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Pipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pipe. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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