Thesaurus results for CANALIZING

canalizing

verb

present participle of canalize

as in directing

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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Rydell turned increasingly back to television for his directing jobs.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2026
So, there was no real risk that a court AI system might confuse any of Elliott’s prompts as instructions from the court directing an AI model on how to read Elliott’s filings.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026

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Investigators allege that the network used gas stations and other fuel businesses to launder illicit proceeds, channeling them through payment companies and investment vehicles that obscured their origins and ultimate ownership.

— Robert Muggah, The Conversation, 10 Aug. 2026
Patagonia’s founder transferred ownership to a trust and nonprofit in 2022, channeling roughly $100 million a year in profits into fighting climate change.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026

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Rather than compete with existing national carriers, ClearJet aims to complement them, funneling middle-mile packages into the last-mile networks of partner carriers including OnTrac and Veho.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 14 Aug. 2026
These increases in wait times occurred as healthcare systems in the US have consolidated and expanded, funneling more patients to centralized, high-volume treatment centers, particularly academic institutions.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2026

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In 2012, a smiling Jason Arday was photographed by the British press carrying the Olympic flame in the torch relay that preceded the London Games.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
The crash involved the upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket that originally launched on January 15, 2025, carrying two commercial lunar landers.

— Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026

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Glasner said the Innocence Project spent years conducting its own investigation before filing the petition and first attempted to work with the district attorney’s office rather than immediately seek relief in court.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2026
Taiwan is conducting its largest-ever annual military preparedness drills alongside extensive civil defense exercises aimed at mobilizing a whole-of-society response in the event of conflict with China.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2026

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