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pipeline

[pahyp-lahyn] / ˈpaɪpˌlaɪn /








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Therefore, the company could have a backlog of revenue in the pipeline.

From MarketWatch Sep. 4, 2026

Plans are in the pipeline for a Disney television series looking at his efforts to make the Scottish estate a workable home.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

Facing a dwindling pipeline of 18-year-olds, schools are increasingly agreeing to admit applicants based on a handful of criteria like high school transcripts—a free process that skips required essays, questions about extracurriculars and standardized tests.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

Another four are in the pipeline at the local industrial park.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

As soon as he could get the money together, he planned to build a pipeline to bring water down from the mountain, and after that he’d install solar panels all over the farm.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

The Middle East oil companies are also moving more oil to the Red Sea through pipelines, further expanding their export totals.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

The company has contracts with customers for nearly nine gigawatts of computing capacity, which it says is among the largest power pipelines of any U.S. data-center developer, according to the documents.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

Helming says he has fielded interest from companies that want to use his tunnel boring machine for power and fibre optic cables, or pipelines that could transport water, natural gas, or ammonia, for example.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

Expand will also benefit from the company’s rights to use pipelines and storage tanks across the region, making it easier to secure supply agreements with large consumers such as data centers and utilities, Sorbara said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

On a pipelined machine, this can take a while.

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

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

From Seattle Times Aug. 31, 2023




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