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Recent Examples of channelize
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.
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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
When work began, parts of the Creek had been fully channelized, other portions covered by development, others existing as nothing more than trash and weed choked trickles.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 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
The statement is in effect until 8 p.m. Caught in a rip: How to stay safe
Rip currents are channelized currents of water flowing away from shore at surf beaches.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 6 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
Draining wetlands and channelizing the Sprague River to enable cattle ranching and agriculture has taken its toll on the region.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 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
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
When work began, parts of the Creek had been fully channelized, other portions covered by development, others existing as nothing more than trash and weed choked trickles.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 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
The statement is in effect until 8 p.m. Caught in a rip: How to stay safe
Rip currents are channelized currents of water flowing away from shore at surf beaches.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 6 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
Draining wetlands and channelizing the Sprague River to enable cattle ranching and agriculture has taken its toll on the region.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 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
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Motivated Mars activates your 6th House of Well-being as of today, motivating you to reconfigure routines and direct your formidable focus toward the tasks that truly count.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
9 Apr. 2026
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The page directs to a Medvi patient portal, and there are no affiliate caveats or disclaimers about FDA approval.—
Maggie Harrison Dupré,
Futurism,
9 Apr. 2026
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What Treacy’s channeled is a certain Anglo fifties chic—think Elizabeth David and Princess Margaret with just a teaspoon of Sputnik, which is to say postwar whimsy with strong classical roots.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Apr. 2026
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Instead, try to channel your empath child's compassionate and curious instincts.—
Laura Wheatman Hill,
Parents,
11 Apr. 2026
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Some became conscious of the role a state could play in intervening in the economy in order to curb and canalize democracy.—
Zeev Sternhell,
Slate Magazine,
7 Apr. 2017
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The explosive growth of artificial intelligence has created an insatiable demand for memory, with hyperscalers funneling billions into AI infrastructure.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
10 Apr. 2026
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To be online is to have to actively avoid seeing upsetting images, though jobs like Margot’s are like trying to funnel the ocean through a colander.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Over the first two rounds, ESPN/ABC will broadcast approximately 18 games, NBA/Peacock will carry approximately 28 games, while Prime will carry approximately one-third of the games.—
Lauren Williams,
AJC.com,
13 Apr. 2026
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And just a month before Mulligan’s accident there had been a crash on I-10 in which a truck collided with a Lincoln Town Car carrying Harris’s aunt, along with her husband, her blind brother, and her teen-aged granddaughter.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
Verb
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That same month, Polymarket announced its own partnership with Dow Jones, the publisher of The Wall Street Journal, to pipe its prediction data onto its publications.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
9 Apr. 2026
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Unlike crude, which can find alternate shipment routes, jet fuel, diesel and gasoline are typically piped from refineries to warehouses.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
7 Apr. 2026
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The poll, conducted in February, points to a divergence in how AI is reshaping American workplaces.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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With the assistance of the Corpus Christi Police Department, officers conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle and found Lange and Williams, along with two children, inside.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Channelize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/channelize. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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