as in routes
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
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Examples Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of pipelines
Building diverse pipelines of clients and projects, for example, can prevent overreliance on any single source of revenue, which helps ensure your business can continue operating smoothly even when disruptions arise.
—
Padmakumar Nair, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
That means bringing your security team in early, keeping them involved throughout and using CI/CD pipelines to test software, both in isolation and with other systems to avoid another global crisis.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
With a single sounding every 500 meters (547 yards), the maps were extremely low-resolution and could have missed sink holes, canyons, sand dunes, shipwrecks and infrastructure such as pipelines, cables and intake pipes, Kearns said.
—CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
Improved bottom maps also would provide precise locations of infrastructure such as pipelines that have shifted over time, crucial information for dredging and construction projects, Murawski said.
—CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
The attack was the latest in a series of recent ELN assaults on troops, pipelines, and infrastructure—and the last straw that finally broke the ongoing peace talks the group had been conducting with the Colombian government.
—Elizabeth Dickinson, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2024
There were serious concerns about health human health and water pollution—but very little discussion about the climate impact of methane leaking from those wells and pipelines.
—Amanda Leland, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024
The western Balkan region is central to Russia’s plans to build new energy pipelines to Europe that bypass Ukraine—an initiative that the European Commission opposes.
—Jeffrey Mankoff, Foreign Affairs, 7 July 2017
Padmakumar Nair, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
That means bringing your security team in early, keeping them involved throughout and using CI/CD pipelines to test software, both in isolation and with other systems to avoid another global crisis.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
With a single sounding every 500 meters (547 yards), the maps were extremely low-resolution and could have missed sink holes, canyons, sand dunes, shipwrecks and infrastructure such as pipelines, cables and intake pipes, Kearns said.
—CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
Improved bottom maps also would provide precise locations of infrastructure such as pipelines that have shifted over time, crucial information for dredging and construction projects, Murawski said.
—CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
The attack was the latest in a series of recent ELN assaults on troops, pipelines, and infrastructure—and the last straw that finally broke the ongoing peace talks the group had been conducting with the Colombian government.
—Elizabeth Dickinson, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2024
There were serious concerns about health human health and water pollution—but very little discussion about the climate impact of methane leaking from those wells and pipelines.
—Amanda Leland, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024
The western Balkan region is central to Russia’s plans to build new energy pipelines to Europe that bypass Ukraine—an initiative that the European Commission opposes.
—Jeffrey Mankoff, Foreign Affairs, 7 July 2017
Thesaurus Entries Near pipelines
Cite this Entry
“Pipelines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pipelines. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share