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pipeline

[ pahyp-lahyn ]

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noun

a long tubular conduit or series of pipes, often underground, with pumps and valves for flow control, used to transport crude oil, natural gas, water, etc., especially over great distances.
a route, channel, or process along which something passes or is provided at a steady rate; means, system, or flow of supply or supplies:
Freighters and cargo planes are a pipeline for overseas goods.
a channel of information, especially one that is direct, privileged, or confidential; inside source; reliable contact.

verb (used with object)

pipelined, pipelining.

to convey by or as if by pipeline:
to pipeline oil from the far north to ice-free ports; to pipeline graduates into the top jobs.

pipeline

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noun

a long pipe, esp underground, used to transport oil, natural gas, etc, over long distances
a medium of communication, esp a private one
in the pipeline
in the process of being completed, delivered, or produced

verb

to convey by pipeline
to supply with a pipeline

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pipeline¹

First recorded in 1855–60; pipe ¹ + line ¹

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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

in the pipeline,
1. Informal. in the process of being developed, provided, or completed; in the works; under way.
2. Government Informal. (of funds) authorized but not spent.

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At the Julian Hinds Pumping Plant, near the aqueduct’s halfway point, water was lifted 441 feet, surging through three pipelines up a desert mountain.

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“We wait so long, and folks think it’s a failure even though things are in the pipeline. We have to think this through and come up with a better plan.”

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Even the death penalty isn't off the table - not just for murder or mutiny, but for damaging an oil or gas pipeline or a sentry caught sleeping on duty.

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"The pipelines are a national security problem for us."

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Meanwhile, a company called Austin Water & Power wants to run a pipeline into Ransom Canyon’s ginormous aquifer.

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