funneling

verb

variants also funnelling
present participle of funnel
as in directing
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 funneling Five of Holy Land’s leaders were ultimately found guilty of funneling more than $12 million to Hamas. — Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 20 Sep. 2026 The temporary law allows border authorities to restrict asylum applications and turn back migrants if a foreign actor attempts to destabilize the country by funneling people across the border. — Brooke Curto , Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2026 Seeprae says the country’s cash rebate program has drawn in upward of 100 foreign productions to date, funneling more than THB20 billion ($608 million) toward Thai crews and local economies. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026 Unanimous Media’s Peyton says his firm wants to play a bigger role in financing projects and funneling creators and other non-traditional talents to larger studios. — Justin Birnbaum, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026 Norway permits gambling only via state monopolies aimed at preventing gambling problems and at funneling profits to nonprofits. — Jonathan Caulkins, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2026 With American refiners funneling the fuel oil into international markets, the domestic supply has dwindled, driving up prices. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026 The men’s pro basketball league found that his Los Angeles Clippers illegally circumvented its salary cap by funneling millions of dollars, off the books, to star player Kawhi Leonard. — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026 Torre spent the last year investigating the LA Clippers for salary-cap circumvention, and on Wednesday, the NBA handed the franchise and owner Steve Ballmer the largest punishment in league history for funneling millions of dollars to Kawhi Leonard. — James Jackson, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for funneling
  1. directing
  2. channeling
  3. carrying
  4. conducting
  5. siphoning
Verb
  • Aster is directing from his own script, with his partner Lars Knudsen producing via Square Peg.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Other than directing a few hundred dollars toward their retirement savings every month, the couple said credit card debt, college tuition payments and inflation have made saving difficult.
    — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of directing
Verb
  • The president has reworked Russia’s economy and political system around the conflict, channeling investment into weapons factories and making loud proponents of the war central figures in the country’s government.
    — Dmytro Kuleba, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Pop star and Pennyworth actress Paloma Faith is channeling a Hollywood titan’s controversial past behavior amid her courtship with boyfriend Stevie Thomas.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of channeling
Verb
  • The resulting frame weighs just six pounds without the battery, despite supporting a drone capable of carrying 110 pounds.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Hurling is one of Ireland’s national sports, and involves moving a ball down the field, either by hitting it or carrying it for up to four steps.
    — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of carrying
Verb
  • Authorities are monitoring air quality and hotspots, with the government conducting cloud seeding when conditions permit to alleviate the situation.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The company instead explained this was likely speculators conducting trades off of arbitrage, where the spot price of a cryptocurrency is moving on a different exchange and is off slightly from where a market maker’s original order was.
    — Davis Giangiulio,Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of conducting
Verb
  • The couple were weighing their options last year when life began siphoning off their savings.
    — Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Brian Fallon had been siphoning this not just from Bruce though.
    — Brendan Menapace, SPIN, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of siphoning

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“Funneling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funneling. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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