variants
or channelled
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
Meanwhile, other matter is channeled to the poles of the black hole, from where it is blasted away as high-energy plasma jets travelling at near-light speeds.
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 14 June 2026
The players inhaled all the enthusiasm and channeled it.
—Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 14 June 2026
Certain times it could be channeled a bit differently, of course, but that’s true of all of us.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2026
In the years since, Alvear has channeled her grief into preserving the legacies of the victims.
—Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026
But Sloan’s legacy is thriving in an entirely new way today as its being channeled through grandson Bobby Sloan.
—Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026
Flowerovlove channeled the trend in a matching two-piece pink denim set layered over a pastel bralet in the same color family.
—John Monaco, InStyle, 9 June 2026
Maybe some of the way public funds are being channeled is gonna to change.
—Torie Bosch, STAT, 6 June 2026
The joint investment, which sees both entities becoming Anima Kitchent shareholders, will be channelled via DNEG’s ReDefine Originals, an animation studio and creative incubator.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 4 June 2026
Robert Lea, Space.com, 14 June 2026
The players inhaled all the enthusiasm and channeled it.
—Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 14 June 2026
Certain times it could be channeled a bit differently, of course, but that’s true of all of us.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2026
In the years since, Alvear has channeled her grief into preserving the legacies of the victims.
—Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026
But Sloan’s legacy is thriving in an entirely new way today as its being channeled through grandson Bobby Sloan.
—Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026
Flowerovlove channeled the trend in a matching two-piece pink denim set layered over a pastel bralet in the same color family.
—John Monaco, InStyle, 9 June 2026
Maybe some of the way public funds are being channeled is gonna to change.
—Torie Bosch, STAT, 6 June 2026
The joint investment, which sees both entities becoming Anima Kitchent shareholders, will be channelled via DNEG’s ReDefine Originals, an animation studio and creative incubator.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 4 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for channeled
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The production is co-created and co-directed by choreographer Steven Hoggett and theater artist Christine Jones, with Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke reworking the album’s material.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
10 June 2026
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Six months before the January 2025 fires, directed ChatGPT to generate an image of a burning forest, a bunch of people running away from it, with people in poverty trying to get past a gigantic gate with dollar signs on it.—
Sierra van der Brug,
Daily News,
10 June 2026
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The area’s shape, akin to the letter V, could also have funneled the remains to their resting spot, the authors wrote.—
Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
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During these cosmic collisions, gas is funneled toward galactic centers, triggering intense bursts of star formation, later followed by supernova explosions that drive powerful winds that prevent any new stars from being born.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
11 June 2026
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The third group had not yet been diagnosed with breast cancer, but carried a genetic predisposition, such as the BRCA gene, that put them at high risk for triple-negative cancer.—
Kaitlin Sullivan,
NBC news,
11 Dec. 2025
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Advertisement DiCaprio told Scorsese that their experiences together have carried into his work with other filmmakers, including most recently Paul Thomas Anderson.—
Charlotte Hu,
Time,
11 Dec. 2025
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In a hypothetical matchup, Ossoff led Collins by 7 percentage points in a poll conducted in early April by Echelon Insights.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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At a Monday news conference, NTSB Vice Chairman Michael Graham spoke about the report and a separate report on revenue passenger-carrying operations, including skydiving, conducted in 2021.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
15 June 2026
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Governments and private industry built dams on ancestral Shasta Nation lands, replumbed the Upper Klamath Basin for agriculture and channelized a key tributary, resulting in massive amounts of phosphorus flowing into the Upper Klamath Lake and eventually, the lower river.—
Debra Utacia Krol,
USA TODAY,
5 Nov. 2024
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“Channeled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/channeled. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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