Thesaurus results for CANALIZED

canalized

verb

past tense of canalize

as in directed

to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway the director of the charity should be canalizing the flow of donations so that the money ends up where it is most needed

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On matchdays, supporters are funnelled away from it — directed along longer routes, past new apartment blocks from the post-Olympic regeneration.

— Lee Clayton, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
The representative directed the Statesman to Costco’s list of upcoming openings, which included multiple stores planned to open in August and one in October, but no mention of a Meridian store.

— Rose Evans August 4, Idaho Statesman, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of directed

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Police barriers channeled traffic toward the crossing, and water cannons remained stationed nearby.

— Suman Naishadham, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026
As Eustis pointed out, these donors no longer represent a broad consensus that is channeled into a civic vision via government support, but that is precisely why the situation feels so precarious.

— Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026

Definition of channeled

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This year, the ticket tax funneled $4 million back into Moda, which helped offset the team’s $10 million scoreboard upgrade last summer.

— Esfandiar Baraheni, New York Times, 30 July 2026
Even if an individual did not own shares directly tied to the transatlantic slave trade, the capital generated by the practice was funneled into various pillars of European society, embedded in architecture, statutes, and schools.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 July 2026

Definition of funneled

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Trump carried Wisconsin in 2016, lost it in 2020 and then won it again in 2024.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
Each would be carried by more than 1,000 newspapers (some, such as the Tribune for a time, carried both) and eventually each claimed 90 million daily readers worldwide.

— Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of carried

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Then the researchers piped apple cider vinegar into that airstream, switching it on and off depending on the fly’s position on this virtual field.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2026
So the market got creative and piped around 7 million barrels of oil per day to the Red Sea that would normally have been destined for the Persian Gulf, according to JPMorgan.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 24 July 2026

Definition of piped

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Citizen tips and information from Airway Heights police officers and Spokane County sheriff’s deputies who responded to the initial call and conducted evacuations helped lead investigators to Farinacci, the sheriff’s office said.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Earlier tests establish technical foundation The fabrication program follows accelerated irradiation tests conducted at Idaho National Laboratory’s Advanced Test Reactor in the United States.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026

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