channeled

variants or channelled
past tense of channel
as in directed
to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway an athletic youth who channeled all of his energy into sports

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Recent Examples of channeled In this golden age of cringe, that earlier art of transgression—with its tense silences, humiliations, and hostile disturbance of the performer-audience relationship—was channeled downstream. — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026 The spending was channelled through private contractor Chemonics. — Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026 So the city loses out not only on new companies that would otherwise set up shop here but also on a group of founders who might have channeled their profits into the next generation of startups. — Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026 These emissions are boosted by material channeled to the poles of the central black hole, from where it is blasted out as powerful twin jets that shine across the electromagnetic spectrum, particularly in radio waves. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 12 Oct. 2026 The crisp color palette and feminine detailing channeled the refined, preppy style of the era. — Amanda Le, InStyle, 12 Oct. 2026 Placed in special education classes and diagnosed with dyslexia at age 12, Dempsey channeled his energy into unicycling, juggling, and skiing. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026 In the 1990s, Comme des Garçons hired her to create a campaign that channeled Roland Barthes. — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 9 Oct. 2026 Altman’s physicality, vocal intonations and general creepiness are on full display channeled through Garfield for a man who simply should not be trusted or taken for his word. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for channeled
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  • Johan Enslin, an ARPA-E program director, envisions a grid in which power can be converted, directed and managed automatically—much like the way data are routed around the Internet—rather than merely stepped up or down.
    — Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Judd Apatow directed the Macdonald documentary, now streaming, and co-directed the one on Bamford, which premieres Friday.
    — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
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  • For some young investors, that means money originally allocated to long-term strategies is being funneled to activities built around immediate outcomes.
    — Aneri Jambusaria, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • On Friday, Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath highlighted the $77 million and 44 new positions funneled into the county’s Office of Emergency Management.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
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  • During captive-carry testing, engineers can assess equipment carried by an aircraft before proceeding to more demanding flight demonstrations.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The starting five that carried Atlanta to the playoffs last season — Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Dyson Daniels, Jalen Johnson, CJ McCollum and Onyeka Okongwu — returns.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 21 Oct. 2026
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  • Just 39% of Americans say AI has a positive impact on society, compared with 44% who believe its impact is negative, according to a national survey conducted this month by my company, Outward Intelligence.
    — Will Johnson, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The experiment, conducted by computer scientists at Binghamton University in New York, exposed a security weakness in large language models (LLMs) used to plan robotic actions.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026

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“Channeled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/channeled. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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