Thesaurus results for FUNNEL

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verb

as in to direct

to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway funneled endless time and money into his misguided pet project

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Recent Examples of funnel

Verb

To reduce reliance on maritime routes, China has over recent decades built costly pipelines funnelling oil and gas over land from Central Asia, Russia and Myanmar. —

Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026 Vouchers take public money and funnel it into the private sector for some parents to use on their children’s education. —

Erykah Nava, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026

Noun

The toilet has been on-and-off limits to the crew ever since last week’s launch, prompting them to rely on a backup bag-and-funnel system for urinating. —

Marcia Dunn, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026 Squeezing through ‘pinch points’ Our model showed that the squirrel’s best habitat persists in a network of pinch points, bottlenecks where development and infrastructure funnel movement into a limited set of pathways. —

Eve Bohnett, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for funnel

Recent Examples of Synonyms for funnel

Verb

Adrian Kempe re-directed a shot-pass from Artemi Panarin with Jack Drury in the penalty box for the Kings’ third power-play goal in three games.

— Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
This bug directs excess attention toward the needs and empowerment of the lower orders, which in turn undermines the ability of figures like Musk to build the future in their own image.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026