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 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 But that isn't all; matter that isn't feasted upon is channeled to the poles of the black hole, from where it is blasted out as twin jets of plasma moving at near-light speed. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 7 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 Unavoidably the text has been chopped and channeled, with some swapping of parts, bits of narration screwed into dialogue and events described in a paragraph blown out into scenes. — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 As the floor general, Clark channeled that fire immediately into a furious 24-6 surge, leading a Fever attack that forced eight second-quarter turnovers and outscored the Aces 30-17 in the frame to grab a 48-43 halftime lead. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026 About half of the bow tie is traffic-free with most cars channeled through on Seventh Avenue. — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 30 Sep. 2026 Someone with the same disregard for convention as my mother, but one who’d channeled that subversiveness into something successful? — Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for channeled
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  • Five films are directed by filmmakers from outside the Baltic countries, with Baltic talent and expertise playing significant roles in their production.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The movie, directed by Siân Heder and starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, adapts Gabrielle Zevin’s best-selling novel about game developers.
    — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
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  • Uthmeier controlled an anti-recreational marijuana political committee that got nearly $10 million from a Medicaid settlement that the grand jury said was funneled through the Hope Florida Foundation.
    — Liv Caputo, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Rush funneled $145 million into wire transfers to fund an extravagant lifestyle.
    — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026
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  • In Moore’s case, though, the contents of those boxes carried a different weight.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • But by the mid-2020s, the current had carried Rothe back to the genre that embraced her the most.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
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  • The International Seabed Authority has granted 17 exploration licenses in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, with five held by China, whose researchers conducted this viral survey.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Officers conducted final checks on the turtles at a conservation center on Serangan Island, also known as Turtle Island, in southern Bali.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026

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“Channeled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/channeled. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026.

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