channelized

past tense of channelize
as in channeled
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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Verb
  • Earlier this week, Carpenter channeled Carrie Bradshaw in her first promo.
    Tom Tapp, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
  • McHayle channeled her stage persona while filming, especially during her instantly iconic bank robbery monologue.
    Matthew Huff, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2025
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  • Tim Curry of Rocky Horror Picture Show fame memorably gave the dancing clown its first breath in a 1990 miniseries co-written and directed by Tommy Lee Wallace.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Beyond her work on KPop Demon Hunters, EJAE has also written, vocal-directed, and contributed background vocals for various major K-pop artists.
    Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
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  • The proceeds are then converted into digital currency and funneled through Chinese payment platforms, creating what investigators describe as a hidden pipeline of American capital leaving the country.
    Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Semafor traced it to a pair of US life insurers that had funneled policyholders’ cash to 777’s Bermudan reinsurer, which invested it into sports teams, airplanes, a payday lender, and a failing budget airline, among other bets generally unsuited for insurance guarantees.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 18 Oct. 2025
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  • The trials were conducted by BAE Systems and the ship’s staff, and activity was monitored by SDA and Ministry of Defence naval architects and overseers.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The Marine Corps said live-fire training was conducted at Camp Pendleton year-round to maintain combat readiness and precision.
    Susannah Cullinane, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2025
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  • While Sachsen-class AAW frigates have carried the burden of air defense, the F125s were largely kept out of high-threat zones because of their limited missile range.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Both healthy and sick sea stars carried a ton of Vibrio bacteria—which was expected, since the genus is found all over the ocean.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Channelized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/channelized. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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