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 After his best friend died of AIDS, activist Cleve Jones channeled his grief into a sewing project that became the AIDS Memorial Quilt. — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 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 This material is then channeled to the poles of black holes, from where it is blasted out as near-light-speed jets that can extend for thousands of light-years. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2026 Below, here is how our favorite celebs channeled Italian-girl beauty. — Audrey Noble, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2026 That signal broadcasts through the air to the nearest cell tower, where it gets channeled through a complex network of cables. — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for channeled
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  • The countries have described the pact as defensive and said it is not directed against any particular state.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Every additional dollar spent on fuel is money that cannot be directed toward food and other services at a time when many families are already facing higher costs.
    — Kenny Choi, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
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  • Beijing has funneled vast financing and political will toward building its own technology in cutting-edge sectors – like robotics, AI, biotech, space, new energy and chips – and applying that tech into industry.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Whereas they have historically been funneled into hierarchical law firms to spend a couple years billing time around the clock for no profit share, there are already countless more ways for young attorneys to leverage their degrees and skills.
    — Logan Brown, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026
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  • For Meyer, who was born and raised in Los Angeles and grew up on the Westside, reopening in the Palisades also carried personal significance.
    — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Trump carried it by roughly 12 percentage points in 2024, and Republican gubernatorial nominee Winsome Earle-Sears carried it by about 8 points in 2025.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026
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  • The new estimates update older research to investigate cancer and infections that was conducted in 2018.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Early interactions were conducted without rigid boundary definitions, which implicitly permitted her to adopt the primary identity.
    — Terry Oroszi, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

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“Channeled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/channeled. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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