in the pipeline

1. In process, under way, as in The blueprints for the new machine are in the pipeline, but it will take months to get approval . [ Colloquial ; 1940s] Also see in the works .

2. Budgeted for something but not yet spent, as in There's $5 million more in the pipeline for the city schools . [ Colloquial ; second half of 1900s]

Example Sentences

The U.S. has much more in the pipeline.

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The private equity group delivered 15.4 billion euros in realizations in the first nine months of the year and has 3 billion euros more in the pipeline.

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Paramount currently has 14 of his shows in production or in the pipeline over the next few years.

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The company has around 250 open jobs now, with hundreds more in the pipeline.

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“We are getting requests now for financing that are reflected in the pipeline in the middle-market business, in particular, to support that sort of shift from rent to own,” Spence said.

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