Thesaurus results for PIPED

piped

verb

past tense of pipe

as in directed

to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway piped water into every house

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as in chirped

to make a short sharp sound like a small bird the baby piped shrilly in his bed

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Recent Examples of piped The cost of powering homes is also up, with electricity and piped gas both costing around 4% more annually. — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026 The collection also includes a special Poké Ball Doughnut — glazed and dipped in vanilla icing, topped with red sprinkles and piped with chocolate icing. — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2026 Rinaldi incorporates black sesame paste into an almond frangipane filling, which is piped into the pastries partway through baking. — Warren Rojas, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2026 Then the researchers piped apple cider vinegar into that airstream, switching it on and off depending on the fly’s position on this virtual field. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2026 These tiny cones are lined with rich chocolate and piped full of creamy chocolate ice cream. — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 22 July 2026 Sour cream frosting is softer and won’t hold its shape as definitively when piped. — Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 14 July 2026 Those included a charmingly cluttered Bucket family home, a lush candyland with the smell of chocolate piped through the Royal Theater to complement the full-size mock chocolate river, and a glass elevator that flew above the audience. — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 6 July 2026 For those looking for simple car camping (beginner) Each of these campgrounds are in Angeles National Forest, offer piped water and vault toilets, and have sites with picnic tables, parking spots and campfire rings. — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

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Caroline Norris is series producer, Gemma O’Shaughnessy is producer and the series is directed by Addison and Neasa Hardiman.

— Alex Ritman, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
Robert Moresco‘s directed the film from a script by Amanda Moresco and Stefano Torrisi.

— Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of directed

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The closure channeled extra traffic to and then backed up I-285 northbound on both sides of town from well before its two I-20 intersections.

— Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 30 Aug. 2026
The two men have spoken directly since Warsh became chairman, breaking with a tradition that sees contact between the Fed and the administration channeled through the Treasury secretary.

— Matt Peterson, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026

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Robert Manuel Nacionales Tafoya, at the time the Baldwin Park city attorney, drafted up the legal documents that funneled the money from Chavez’s firm to Pacheco and worked with Pacheco to deliver the permits, prosecutors say.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Since June's election, Super PACs associated with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee have funneled more than $5 million into the East Bay race on ads supporting Hernandez, according to Politico.

— Noe Padilla, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of funneled

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Norman carried his district and the upstate, where the Grahams were raised and where conservative voters had been most critical of the late senator.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Ukraine resumed drone attacks on Moscow overnight into Wednesday morning, the city's Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said, hours after the departure of the plane that carried CIA Director John Ratcliffe to Moscow for an unannounced visit on Tuesday morning.

— David Brennan, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of carried

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Edwards said no officers have been put on leave, but an review is conducted after every pursuit.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Aug. 2026
And the latest poll, conducted by the Institute of Governmental Studies at UC Berkeley, found 48% of likely voters support it, 41% oppose it and 11% are undecided.

— Dan Walters, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026

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