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canalizes

verb

present tense third-person singular of canalize

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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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Amenities and Experiences Live at The Sun Rose is a music venue that channels the property's history as the House of Blues while carving its own identity.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
Composed of top-of-the-line cotton and swathed in a rich Ruby Red for fall, the zip-up also comes with a drawstring hood and channels an inherently nostalgic, Americana kind of energy.

— Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026

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Javier Polo directs the buzz project at Iberseries & Platino Industria’s Co-Production and Financing Forum.

— John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
Choi is managing partner of Equitas Partners and directs the City Council’s Artificial Intelligence Community Engagement (AICE) Initiative.

— Steven Choi, New York Daily News, 4 Oct. 2026

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The Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority, which pipes fresh water from the mainland throughout the Keys, said in a statement that the break happened on Conch Key, which is about 14 miles north of the Middle Keys city of Marathon.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
The company also currently pipes water to 26 of its own data centers, and is working on more than 100 more such water reclamation projects.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 June 2026

Definition of pipes

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The thousands of square miles of mountain watershed around us, the San Gabriels and the San Bernardinos, are as steep as roller coasters, and the rain funnels off them in tumults.

— Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
The steep, rocky nature of the canyon itself funnels water rapidly.

— Jamie Stengle, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of funnels

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The autonomous vehicle launches from a carrier aircraft and conducts high-speed atmospheric tests before returning for recovery.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026
Of course, how Ovechkin conducts himself and presents his views is his own business.

— Dominik Hasek, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026

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