Thesaurus results for CHANNELIZATION

channelize

verb

ˈcha-nə-ˌlīz

Definition of channelize

as in to direct

to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway channelized all of his resources into winning that state's crucial primary

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Recent Examples of channelize The Don River flowing through Toronto into Lake Ontario had been channelized, encased in concrete, and diverted nearly at a right angle to output at a different location. — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 3 June 2026 Upstream from Upper Klamath Lake, a key tributary was channelized and wetlands drained, resulting in massive amounts of phosphorus flowing into the Upper Klamath Lake and, eventually, the lower river. — Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 29 Dec. 2025 The Army Corps of Engineers channelized and paved the once-meandering river. — Emma Bowman, NPR, 17 Nov. 2025 Those changes include channelizing the bay in some places and transforming it into dunes and marshland in others. — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025 As a response to this, in the 1960s, the city added more concrete, channelizing the river in the hopes of getting runoff away from neighborhoods to Lake Michigan as fast as possible. — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2024 Austin and San Antonio have dammed, altered, channelized, buried and otherwise manipulated their creeks and rivers. — Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 13 Mar. 2024

Recent Examples of Synonyms for channelize

Verb

The governor’s September 2020 order directed the state to require all new cars and passenger trucks sold in the state after 2035 be zero-emission vehicles.

— Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026
Staging a great needle drop isn’t the same thing as directing a great movie.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 July 2026

Definition of direct

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Consider this pleated tunic dress instead, which channels the same relaxed, button-up silhouette for a fraction of the cost.

— Jill Layton, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
Lamont’s chief fiscal focus since 2020 has been on channeling $11 billion in surpluses — forced by aggressive savings rules — to whittle down a hefty pension debt created over seven decades prior to 2011.

— Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2026

Definition of channel

Verb

Proceeds from Art+Film are funneled to LACMA’s focus to make film central to the museum’s curatorial program while also supporting its broader mission with exhibitions, acquisitions, educational programming and more.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026
The money funnels up, and then out at the end of the year to pay partners, and the whole thing starts over.

— Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 14 July 2026

Definition of funnel

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The latest in Houston Salgado Araujo, 52, was driving to work with three other construction crew members when unmarked vehicles carrying federal agents began following his van, his family said.

— Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
Proof that the country our parents carried in their voices, their food, their music, and their sacrifices was never exaggerated.

— Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026

Definition of carry

Verb

Thirty years ago, the walk-up song was a new phenomenon, and it was played only at the beginning of every at-bat; now many stadiums pipe in music between every pitch.

— Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
Sour cream frosting is softer and won’t hold its shape as definitively when piped.

— Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 14 July 2026

Definition of pipe

Verb

The district usually begins mosquito testing in May, according to Abshier, and conducts weekly tests in many different locations within Sutter and Yuba counties.

— Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026
His government has conducted raids and arrested dozens of current and former lawmakers and government officials accused of corruption, including a number affiliated with former Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026

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