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pipeline

[pahyp-lahyn] / ˈpaɪpˌlaɪn /








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Reduced commercial incentives and technical reductions in pipeline capacity have decreased the country’s import capability in recent years, Ofgem said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Those medicines could add to a pipeline of new medicines that the company aims to launch over the next year, with breast-cancer drug giredestrant as its key asset, according to Bank of America.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

That is because the process of liquefying, shipping and then turning LNG back in to natural gas on arrival is extremely energy intensive, compared with pumping it ashore by a pipeline, creating higher carbon emissions.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

He and Smith are working together on advancing a new pipeline from Alberta to the Pacific coast, hoping to export Alberta bitumen to Asia.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

"Making a presupply is a six- month process. We're set up to pipeline a bunch of them at once, not to make one in a hurry."

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

Much of Venezuela’s raw crude is so thick that it won’t flow through pipelines unless it is first blended with 20% or more of oil thinner products.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

The U.K. energy regulator said it has taken steps to preserve underused underwater gas pipelines connecting the country’s energy grid to continental Europe, preserving the ability to import European gas in case of emergencies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

The government has also outlined plans for stronger criminal penalties for those convicted of tampering with either undersea internet cables or energy pipelines.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Under the plan, U.K. gas network operator National Gas will be able recover the costs of maintaining the gas import capability and pipelines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

For instance, during the War, after the pipelines were blown up, he and his classmates had ferried water up to the girls’ dorm, each leaving his bucket at the door of a particular resident.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

It could be pipelined to Murmansk, liquefied and shipped to the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

Blackford Oakes, Yale '51, is pipelined by the old-boy network straight into the CIA.

From Time Magazine Archive

The glass-bottom boats that take tourists out to marvel at the Gulf of Aqaba's coral formations rock in the swells of supertankers bringing Persian Gulf oil into Eilat to be. pipelined to the Mediterranean.

From Time Magazine Archive

On a pipelined machine, this can take a while.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Guy L. Steele

On a pipelined machine, this can take a while. :stale pointer bug: n.

From The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 by Eric S. Raymond

“We’re pipelining our deployment playbook across several cities simultaneously now.”

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2023


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