channelize
verb
chan·nel·ize
ˈcha-nə-ˌlīz 
channelized; channelizing
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Examples of channelize in a Sentence
channelized all of his resources into winning that state's crucial primary
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Yet California squandered much of the bounty from its recent unusually wet winter, as levees, channelized rivers and paved cities funneled much of the runoff into the ocean rather than capturing it.
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Erica Gies, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2023
The Los Angeles River is channelized and swells with water during heavy rains.
—NBC News, 18 Aug. 2023
Settlers drained and channelized the vast California delta and beyond.
—Catrin Einhorn Max Whittaker, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2023
Once the world figures a way to address the inequality, then everyone can channelize their resources to fight other issues such as climate change and terrorism.
—Naveen Joshi, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2021
The India Crypto Relief Fund, set up in April this year, aims to channelize money from across the world towards India’s Covid-19 battle.
—Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 13 Oct. 2021
Here’s the oversimplified explanation of the problem: The river has been channelized, which prevents enough freshwater from reaching the marsh.
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 22 Apr. 2020
Like many urban American rivers, the Menomonee had been polluted, dammed and channelized over the last 200 years.
—Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2020
The creek was channelized in the 1930s, using boulders, and the woody debris that fell naturally into the creek, creating the pools, was removed.
—Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 10 Dec. 2019
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Erica Gies, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2023
The Los Angeles River is channelized and swells with water during heavy rains.
—NBC News, 18 Aug. 2023
Settlers drained and channelized the vast California delta and beyond.
—Catrin Einhorn Max Whittaker, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2023
Once the world figures a way to address the inequality, then everyone can channelize their resources to fight other issues such as climate change and terrorism.
—Naveen Joshi, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2021
The India Crypto Relief Fund, set up in April this year, aims to channelize money from across the world towards India’s Covid-19 battle.
—Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 13 Oct. 2021
Here’s the oversimplified explanation of the problem: The river has been channelized, which prevents enough freshwater from reaching the marsh.
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 22 Apr. 2020
Like many urban American rivers, the Menomonee had been polluted, dammed and channelized over the last 200 years.
—Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2020
The creek was channelized in the 1930s, using boulders, and the woody debris that fell naturally into the creek, creating the pools, was removed.
—Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 10 Dec. 2019
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First Known Use
1609, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Channelize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/channelize. Accessed 4 Dec. 2023.
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channelize
verb
chan·nel·ize
ˈchan-ᵊl-ˌīz
channelized; channelizing
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2
: to straighten by means of a channel
channelize a stream
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