siphon

variants also syphon
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as in to funnel
to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway investigators discovered that the so-called charitable organization was siphoning funds for personal use

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Recent Examples of siphon Once the launchpad for Oscar juggernauts from Slumdog Millionaire to La La Land, TIFF has in recent years watched rivals Venice and Telluride siphon away its prestige premieres, while buyers grumbled about thinner slates and softer deal flow. Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025 Once the lithium is being developed, the money will need to go to the State coffers and cannot be siphoned off by the typical corruption that has long bedeviled the country. Daniel Markind, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025 Residents on the east side of Troost Avenue would find themselves in the drastically altered 5th District, and residents to the west of the historic dividing line would be siphoned off into the new 4th District, which would stretch to southern Missouri. Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025 Without an influx of new students from outside of North Lawndale, growing the three schools could mean siphoning students from other schools with their own enrollment woes. Mila Koumpilova, ProPublica, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for siphon
Recent Examples of Synonyms for siphon
Verb
  • Brake gently as needed - Brake normally if the vehicle has anti-lock brakes and pump brakes gently if in an older vehicle.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Overnight on Thursday, according to the Ukrainian military, a gas processing facility and pumping station in the Volgograd region of southern Russia were also hit.
    Tim Lister, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In the summer, lush green pastures and 6-foot cornstalks hug the highway like veins funneling blood through the region.
    Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Propes funneled this tour’s fundraising efforts toward Undue Medical Debt, a nonprofit organization that buys medical debt in large swaths with donor contributions.
    Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • González, not known as a shooter when the Celtics drafted him, drained one of two 3-point attempts.
    Jay King, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Most indoor plants are watered from the top until the water drains from the pot through the drainage holes.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The film, which released on the streamer Friday, is directed by Simon Stone and stars Knightley as Lo Blacklock alongside Guy Pearce, Art Malik, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Kaya Scodelario, Daniel Ings and Hannah Waddingham.
    Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
  • While Bob struggles to charge the low-tech phone that’ll connect him with the French 75, Sensei coordinates skateboarders as messengers and directs his relatives and employees to evacuate the dozens of migrants his family is sheltering to a nearby church.
    Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Also, a signature JPMorgan scent will be piped through the building.
    Kim Velsey, Curbed, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Let’s Bring Back Fondue Night When fondue pots were at the height of their popularity in the 1970s, everyone would gather around the table in their house clogs and bell bottoms with skewers ready to dip into melty cheese, smooth chocolate, and even piping-hot oil (for cooking small hunks of meat).
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • By regularly sending feedback signals within a WiFi network, known as beamforming feedback information (BFI), devices transmit data in an unencrypted form that can be read by third parties.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Unlike mosquitoes and flies that can carry diseases, most spiders rarely transmit communicable diseases to humans.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025

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“Siphon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/siphon. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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