Meanings
- idiomaticScheduled to occur in the future.
The State Department said that there were 17,000 SIV applicants in the pipeline when President Joe Biden took office.
2021 August 22, Jennifer Hansler, “Blinken defends handling of program to help Afghans who helped US”, in CNN2 more examples
Last time I remember, I was chillin' like a villain. I had me a girl, couple a hot gigs, stuff in the pipeline that was going to bring da house down.
2009, H. M. Naqvi, Home Boy - A Novel, page 111“I’m thrilled about the prospect of this, as well as about the prospect of other R.S.V. vaccines in the pipeline,” said Dr. Miller, who is not an adviser to the agency. […] The vaccine under review Thursday was tested in about 7,300 women after the 24th week of pregnancy.
2023 May 18, Christina Jewett, “F.D.A. Panel Recommends R.S.V. Vaccine to Protect Young Infants”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 18 May 2023
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