variants
also funnelling
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
This area was ground zero for funneling OxyContin and its generic equivalent, oxycodone, to virtually every state east of the Mississippi.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 2 May 2026
Big Tech talent exodus fuels startup boom Silver is one of several former top researchers at Big Tech companies who've jumped ship to launch their own AI labs in recent months, with investors funneling billions of dollars into the ventures.
—Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 27 Apr. 2026
Gandi Mohamed later pled guilty to money laundering for funneling fraud proceeds.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 24 Apr. 2026
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
The system will operate from June 11 until July 11, funnelling fans from 15 metro locations downtown.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
Public power means reinvesting revenue into infrastructure instead of funneling it to shareholders.
—Shahana Hanif, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026
Cherfilus-McCormick was recently found guilty by the ethics committee in a rare hearing of multiple violations after illegally funneling money to her campaign.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 13 Apr. 2026
Five leaders of the charity were convicted in 2008 of funneling millions of dollars to the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which has been deemed a terrorist organization by the federal government.
—Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 2 May 2026
Big Tech talent exodus fuels startup boom Silver is one of several former top researchers at Big Tech companies who've jumped ship to launch their own AI labs in recent months, with investors funneling billions of dollars into the ventures.
—Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 27 Apr. 2026
Gandi Mohamed later pled guilty to money laundering for funneling fraud proceeds.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 24 Apr. 2026
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
The system will operate from June 11 until July 11, funnelling fans from 15 metro locations downtown.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
Public power means reinvesting revenue into infrastructure instead of funneling it to shareholders.
—Shahana Hanif, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026
Cherfilus-McCormick was recently found guilty by the ethics committee in a rare hearing of multiple violations after illegally funneling money to her campaign.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 13 Apr. 2026
Five leaders of the charity were convicted in 2008 of funneling millions of dollars to the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which has been deemed a terrorist organization by the federal government.
—Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for funneling
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On the website dedicated to its shutdown, the airline said passengers who were expecting to travel should not go to the airport, directing them to a page for refund status and next steps.—
Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
2 May 2026
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The director got his feature start with action comedies, famously directing the Charlie’s Angels movies in the early 2000s.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
1 May 2026
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Chatting with the peddler Rutherford Selig (Bradley Stryker, enjoyably channeling Deadwood), Bynum casually unzips the surface of reality and dips into the waters below.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
26 Apr. 2026
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Mickey Moniak is channeling his inner Ted Williams, via his grandfather and his father.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
26 Apr. 2026
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Jones was arrested on charges of possession of an assault weapon, possession of a large capacity magazine, carrying a pistol without a permit and interfering with an officer.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
1 May 2026
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The Spaniard left hurriedly, carrying a frown that owed to a sense of injustice.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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Scientists are conducting studies to learn more about the potential risk to people who hunt or eat deer or elk meat, for example, by determining if they are diagnosed with prion diseases more often than people who do not.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar quickly responded on X, slamming his Ukrainian counterpart for conducting diplomacy on social media.—
Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
28 Apr. 2026
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But many of Lamont’s fellow Democrats in the legislature’s majority have argued for the past two years that Connecticut saves too aggressively, siphoning dangerously large amounts from town aid and other core programs and effectively forcing one generation to solve a problem created by three.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
1 May 2026
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Authorities announced the arrest Wednesday of a Long Island PTA mom accused of siphoning more than $50,000 from an elementary school over a three-year span while she was employed as a New York Police Department officer.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Funneling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funneling. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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