In process; currently relevant or the focus of attention; being undertaken or dealt with in any way at the present time. See also to take in hand…

The condition of being expedited or set in motion; only in in expedition. Obsolete.

on (also upon) the anvil: being dealt with or considered; in preparation, in hand. Now chiefly South Asian.

Various mechanical contrivances. The revolving part of a turning-lathe, or of a potter's lathe (potter's wheel: see potter's wheel n. at potter, n.1…

Progression or advancement through a process, a sequence of events, a period of time, etc.; movement towards an outcome or conclusion. in progress…

Originally U.S. in the works: in preparation; under way. Cf. sense 21, in the pipeline at pipeline, n. 2b.

gen. The fact of going on or being carried on, as an action or series of actions; progress, course. in (the) process of (doing something): in the…

in the pipeline: on the way from the supplier; in development or production, in process; nearing completion, imminent.