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
Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 10 June 2025
Protesters threw stones and plastic water bottles at police cruisers and onto the 101 Freeway, temporarily stopping traffic, and members of the crowd set several driverless Waymo cars on fire, producing a funnel of black smoke.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Some of those payments were funneled into a business account Pellegrini controlled, prosecutors said.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 17 June 2025
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Verb
And then there's no lifetime value because the consumer is in a different part of the funnel for servicing.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 10 June 2025
Protesters threw stones and plastic water bottles at police cruisers and onto the 101 Freeway, temporarily stopping traffic, and members of the crowd set several driverless Waymo cars on fire, producing a funnel of black smoke.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Noun
More specifically, most Black films are funneled into the festival circuit or sold to streaming services before reaching a movie screen.
—Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Some of those payments were funneled into a business account Pellegrini controlled, prosecutors said.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for funnel
Verb
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The music video, which shows a frustrated Camilo looking for answers in an office space, was directed by Evaluna Montaner and Sebastian Andrade at his own El Taller Creativo in Miami.—
Luisa Calle,
Billboard,
27 June 2025
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More details about what Blanchett’s cameo portends for the future of the Squid Game franchise — like, who might direct a new U.S. season, who else would star and/or how involved series creator Hwang Dong-hyuk will be — can be expected from Netflix in the weeks and months ahead.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
27 June 2025
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Its off-size pre-rolls come in stylish green or white tins and tubes, while its charitable arm, the Bailey Legacy Fund, supports local animal rescues.—
Javier Hasse,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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Serum tubes with blood samples from patients are processed in the central medical laboratory of the St. Georg Clinic in Leipzig.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 June 2025
Verb
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At the start of Act Two - around 9 p.m. on performance evenings - composer Andrew Lloyd Weber's music is piped outside the theater into London's narrow Argyll Street.—
Lauren Frayer,
NPR,
26 June 2025
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Besides piping plovers, there are two others on the federal list.—
Jan Ellen Spiegel,
Hartford Courant,
23 June 2025
Verb
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As the co-chairman continues to push the need to channel that inner 10-year-old, the episode switches to home movie footage of the players as kids, interspersed with match action from the game against Charlton.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
27 June 2025
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Ministers will argue that, with tax relief to private pension contributions costing £46.8 billion in 2022-23, the latest year for which figures are available, they are entitled to ask for more pension savings to be channelled toward the U.K. economy.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
25 June 2025
Verb
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OPMs typically take 50–60% of tuition revenue in exchange for upfront marketing and tech investments—a deal that siphons resources away from educational quality.—
Scott White,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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Desperation grows as rival aid systems can’t meet needs Israel says the new system operated by a private contractor, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, is designed to prevent the militant group Hamas from siphoning off aid to fund its activities.—
Mohammad Jahjouh,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2025
Verb
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One charge carries a mandatory minimum of five years in prison.—
David Hudnall,
Kansas City Star,
23 June 2025
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The surprise vote, and ensuing ceasefire, puts in sharp relief the global importance of the narrow strait between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula, which carries 20% of global oil production.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
23 June 2025
Verb
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However, diverse actions over decades have often been conducted in coordination with Iran–and many would not have happened without Iranian support.—
Jill Goldenziel,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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Research conducted for exhibits on Nolde in Frankfurt in 2014 and in Berlin in 2019 revealed the artist’s true relationship to Nazism to the wider public.—
Ombline Damy,
JSTOR Daily,
26 June 2025
Verb
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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
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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
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“Funnel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funnel. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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